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Such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but
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would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing
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Not completely loveable
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adolescent angst
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when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast
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compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself
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the King
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was hot outside
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Gyllenhaal . Maggie G . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen
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brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project ,
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entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment
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Those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .
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- finding-herself story
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Watstein
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stunning and
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huge , heavy topics
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to seek justice
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slobbering
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a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors
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, and always interesting
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worst film comedies
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Yes , I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care , so I did n't .
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, having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .
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is visually ravishing
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right time
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been in a while
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ugly exercise
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the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies
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delicate range
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the specter of death , especially suicide
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its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and
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with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles
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a sweet treasure
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between Gauls and Yanks
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fails to entertain
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live up to -- or offer any new insight into --
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down to a canter
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'' winner
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is too obvious or simplistic for this movie .
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kinda
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The Emperor 's Club , ruthless in its own placid way ,
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their hearts in the right place .
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I liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long and it goes nowhere .
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Holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks .
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B picture , and I mean that as a compliment
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play Hannibal Lecter again
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Michael Gondry
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( Seagal 's ) strenuous attempt at a change in expression
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Homeric
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savagely
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a faulty premise
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is both stimulating and demanding .
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love with his stepmom
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're in All of Me territory again
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Not every animated film from Disney will become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon '' .
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is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .
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the wish
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the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short
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a more colorful , more playful tone
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is , truly and thankfully
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you 'll enjoy at least the '' real '' portions of the film .
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If A Few Good Men told us that we '' ca n't handle the truth '' than High Crimes poetically states at one point in this movie that we '' do n't care about the truth . ''
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gratifying
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worst dialogue
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runs them
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clean-cut Dahmer ( Jeremy Renner ) and
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tolerance
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intelligent , moving and invigorating film
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Collateral Damage offers formula payback and the Big Payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly
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economic fringes
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becomes increasingly mesmerizing
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of narrative logic or cohesion
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gained the ears of the world
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the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge
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of Films
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Hardman
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felons
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An artful , intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre .
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its creative mettle
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humanity or empathy
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annoying demeanour
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the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye
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work yet , this girl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will
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gets the feeling
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a weird amalgam
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as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship
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Slow and
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the very best movies
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james eric , james horton and director
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Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .
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unveil it until the end ,
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on its mind
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made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and
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a familiar road
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Less dizzying than just dizzy , the jaunt is practically over before it begins .
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night
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root for : expulsion for everyone
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that governs college cliques
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Oh , it 's extreme , all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing . Extremely boring .
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is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating Lolita turn
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