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of wills
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has a fluid , no-nonsense authority
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halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .
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of iced tea
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's also
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holistic healing system
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An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job
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forcefulness
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in all its aspects
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irredeemably awful .
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shows you why
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of their first full flush of testosterone
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the original , Killers
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a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit
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embarrassing movie
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post-Soviet Russia
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artfully restrained in others
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's face is ) an amazing slapstick instrument
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his generation 's
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it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises .
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with its $ 50-million US budget
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us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing
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The director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions ,
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Villeneuve has inspired Croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of Bibi
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Legged Freaks
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are almost
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lot to recommend Read My Lips
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depicted
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Fifty years after the fact , the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director Phillip ) Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .
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off the page
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von Sychowski
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it is just as boring and as obvious
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, and larded with exposition
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rubbish
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mildly entertaining ,
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hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour
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T-shirt and shower scenes
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a virgin with a chastity belt
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The nicest thing that can be said about Stealing Harvard ( which might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog )
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of Attraction
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Lazily
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It 's easy to love Robin Tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act --
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with a contemptible imitator
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quite entertaining
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known in this country
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A smart and funny
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, fun , curiously adolescent movie
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is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation
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the Duke something of a theatrical air
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the characters in Swimfan
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recognize that this story is too goofy
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Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more
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if it were the third ending of Clue
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That is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents
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the wake
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Silver 's parrot
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beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives
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solemn film .
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we journey through life
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one of the hapless victims of the arrogant
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from the compelling historical tale
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hits ,
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push-the-limits
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all-out
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's dissecting
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of asparagus . If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts
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An intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation
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giant screens
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all away
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previous video work
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chosen to make his English-language debut with a film
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works -
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spends more time with Schneider than with newcomer McAdams , even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his .
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Fans of so-bad-they 're
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a vivid , vibrant individual
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breadth
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has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed .
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Reinforces
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pimps
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Gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek
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Trite ,
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as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters
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about Reign of Fire
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defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks
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another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-Brits genre that was ushered in by The Full Monty and is still straining to produce another smash
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with melancholy richness
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yearn for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up .
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marathons and bored
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It squanders Chan 's uniqueness ;
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is well worthwhile
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that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than
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escape its past
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from Ms . Spears
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Will give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . But mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted
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, pulls off enough
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to depict them with outrageous elan
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of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes
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that everyone can enjoy
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SONNY
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doing very little with its imaginative premise
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