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a few crucial things
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; others need not necessarily apply .
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a dark comedy
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testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange .
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handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here , alas , it
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The longer
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of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances
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the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative .
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; a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work .
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to Vietnam and the city
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've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this film implies
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do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap
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to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona
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trailers
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may not touch the planet 's skin ,
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of a tax accountant
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buttons
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about the inability of dreams and aspirations
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a movie so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn or disinterest
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a narratively cohesive one
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a festival film
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into an insider 's lingo and mindset
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-- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life .
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that do n't care about being stupid
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sugar shock
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As action-adventure
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Though
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distanced us
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A psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by Al Pacino .
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the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild
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the Gryffindor scarf
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in love with his stepmom
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manically
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's not half-bad
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'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus .
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to liberation
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took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers
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these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel . But in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .
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There 's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening .
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The movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though
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its worst
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almost any horror
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is such that the movie does not do them justice
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Writhing under dialogue like ` You 're from two different worlds ' and ` Tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are
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Juliette Binoche 's Sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile
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crafty and
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gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through
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distill
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economical in One False Move
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There 's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker .
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they float within the seas of their personalities
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, The Hours is one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .
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bring on the Battle Bots , please !
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As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance
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actor Bill Paxton 's
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first question to ask about Bad Company
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well-meaning patronizing
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bloodsucker computer effects
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to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and
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its atmosphere is intriguing
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A tightly
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You bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .
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, passionate adaptation of Graham Greene 's 1955 novel
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a hill in a trash can ? Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ?
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exuberant openness
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A tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty .
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of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors
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with such provocative material
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to the familiar topic of office politics
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The film 's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations .
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a spellbinding serpent 's
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get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez
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is a masterfully conducted work .
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found in Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough to sustain the film
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Kathy
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post-war
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bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .
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sustain interest beyond the first half-hour
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to American Pie-type sex comedies
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John Le Carré
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the life of Harry Potter
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13th
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deeper
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relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue
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even then
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of imperfection
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inspired portrait
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To say Analyze That is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents sums up the sad state of his recent career .
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the movie for me
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Able
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grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them .
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in favor of bright flashes
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Narc may not get an ` A ' for originality , but it wears its B-movie heritage like a badge of honor .
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be bored by as your ABC 's
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makes it attractive throughout
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a clear point
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With virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on , Chelsea Walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge .
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screwups
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self-destructiveness
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