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governs college cliques
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more confident
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warm and well-told tale
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plainness
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( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows )
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like a tired Tyco ad
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that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character
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who loves horses
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lagging near the finish line
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This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one
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1993 classic
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Jiri Menzel 's
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impenetrable and
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Fans of critics ' darling band Wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart .
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and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications
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the doofus-on - the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it . and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .
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the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls
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to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism
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boffo last hour
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a bolly-holly
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that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock
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apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note
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of Buckaroo Banzai
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Malik Abbott
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saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets
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is that it truly is romance
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we are on the backs of our parents
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Adults
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This director 's cut --
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best Star Trek movie
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Like a child with an important message to tell ... ( Skins ' ) faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty .
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stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers
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But they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .
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Smarter than its commercials
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blatantly
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Charlie Kaufman 's world
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deadpan tone
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to sustain most of its 170-minute length
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has ever produced .
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Daring and beautifully made .
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seem to get a coherent rhythm going
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A . E . W . Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare
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... both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '
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suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story
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is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness
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master 's
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Brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , Haneke 's portrait of an upper class Austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt .
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could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time .
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whether we 're supposed to shriek
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is , in a word
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the way of character development
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incredibly captivating and
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Informative ,
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most addicted
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the same way
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better than Pokemon
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resorting to pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace ; still , Myer 's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail
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After watching it
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Lan Yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency
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The Ya-Ya 's
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It 's too bad nothing else is .
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of time and talent
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in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis
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, behavior and intent
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uh ,
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It 's like a drive-by .
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few stabs
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think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version
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Rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms
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right-wing
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an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises
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unpredictable comedy
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the weaknesses of both genres
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the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness
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and undoubtedly delighted
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Fifty years
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an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece
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terrific songs
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The Fellowship .
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, cultivation and devotion
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The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and
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the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection
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spontaneous intimacy
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maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .
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An old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale
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visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet
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be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine
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a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed .
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thirteen-year-old 's
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A movie that feels
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About Eve
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In the end , White Oleander is n't an adaptation of a novel .
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drying out from spring break
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Weinstein 's
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the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon
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have been written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover
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Thandie Newton
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Frank Novak 's irritating slice
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's hard to imagine Alan Arkin being better than he is in this performance
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Ace Ventura
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