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a gamble and last orders
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Serviceable at best , slightly less than serviceable at worst
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EEE for excitement
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Arliss Howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut
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merrily
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the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer and the champion that 's made a difference to NYC inner-city youth
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all the religious and civic virtues
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is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever .
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at the barbershop
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the potency wanes dramatically
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double agent
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I have a new favorite musical
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the standards
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smart , funny look
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resourceful hero
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rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder
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sardonic , completely joyful
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catastrophic collision
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the hollow state of modern love life
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' I know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .
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numbered
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delivers fascinating psychological fare
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more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence
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if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement
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goofy , life-affirming moments
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No matter how firmly director John Stainton has his tongue in his cheek
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shoot on grungy video
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reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy
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Depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived .
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society
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and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new .
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marks him
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cinematic icons
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want to use your brain
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goofy grandeur
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astute direction
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But one thing 's for sure : It never comes close to being either funny or scary .
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a welcome relief
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An unforgettable
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Marvelous
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incredibly narrow in-joke
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to think of any film more challenging or depressing than The Grey Zone
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serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King
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eerie atmosphere
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how to create and sustain a mood
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sexual jealousy , resentment
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his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness
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a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie ,
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the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but
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It 's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive .
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silly and tedious
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has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it .
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cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas
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an art
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a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big
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in heaven and hell
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entertaining enough
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because I 've seen ` jackass : the movie
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touts his drug
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could n't really
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nuance and characterization
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a rollicking adventure for you and
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brings back
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getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited -- again
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construct a real story
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A Movie to Forget
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270 years ago
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For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal .
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crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies
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loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess .
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violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- '' Cherish '' certainly is n't dull .
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concrete story
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While the path may be familiar , first-time director Denzel Washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting .
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a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations .
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rebel , connect
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Columbia Pictures '
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create some episodes that rival vintage Looney Tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time .
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effort to watch this movie
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for a documentary -- just not this one
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little excitement
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Hollywood ` suits '
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a real gift
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something from a Halloween that died
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the movie 's darker turns
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, and Weaver 's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of substance
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a powerful sequel and one
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a little too self-satisfied
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kids-in-peril
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Terry Gilliam 's rudimentary old Monty Python cartoons
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What Full Frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still , I 'm not quite sure what the point is ...
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the brain is engaged
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feel the love
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puke up
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than the plot holes
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lost his touch ,
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Giles Nuttgens
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its despairing vision
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Max retrata
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getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers
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to one of those ignorant
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