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17,298 | [
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17,300 | [
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17,307 | [
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17,309 | [
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17,327 | [
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17,332 | [
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17,333 | [
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17,341 | [
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17,343 | [
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17,344 | [
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17,359 | [
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17,363 | [
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17,370 | [
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17,371 | [
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17,377 | [
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17,379 | [
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17,381 | [
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17,385 | [
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17,388 | [
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17,389 | [
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17,392 | [
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17,395 | [
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17,397 | [
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17,411 | [
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17,413 | [
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17,427 | [
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17,429 | [
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17,437 | [
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17,444 | [
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Carelessly dressed, with an uncompromising attitude to all bourgeois values, he really sets the hearts of the sisters aglow
His criticisms are n... | 1 |
17,448 | [
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17,452 | [
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17,456 | [
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17,463 | [
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17,465 | [
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17,477 | [
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17,479 | [
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17,482 | [
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17,487 | [
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17,489 | [
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17,504 | [
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17,505 | [
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17,515 | [
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17,526 | [
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17,527 | [
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17,531 | [
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17,532 | [
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17,536 | [
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17,540 | [
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17,552 | [
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17,557 | [
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17,595 | [
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17,598 | [
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17,614 | [
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17,626 | [
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17,630 | [
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17,646 | [
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17,655 | [
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17,691 | [
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17,706 | [
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17,719 | [
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17,725 | [
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17,732 | [
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17,748 | [
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17,755 | [
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17,766 | [
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17,771 | [
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17,781 | [
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17,784 | [
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17,794 | [
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17,798 | [
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17,800 | [
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17,824 | [
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17,842 | [
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17,877 | [
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17,894 | [
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17,897 | [
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17,900 | [
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17,925 | [
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17,930 | [
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17,932 | [
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17,947 | [
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] | 302 | 392 | This was an interesting movie...half-comedy, half-political thriller. It had a lot of good elements, although it was a little predictable. <br /><br />Robin Williams stars as Tom Dobbs, a popular comedian with a hit show in which he gives political commentary. Think Daily Show With John Stuart. During the taping of one... | 1 |
17,954 | [
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] | 236 | 322 | Richard Condie is a Canadian marvel, and one that should be shared with the world. Be it for gut-busting early work such as "Getting Started" and the Oscar-nominated "Snit" through "The Apprentice" and the digitally made "La Salla", Condie is a treasured local hero. But no singular piece of work puts a stamp on his car... | 1 |
17,963 | [
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] | 252 | 303 | It's a shame that by garnering a restricted rating, perhaps the audience that would find this film the most useful won't likely see it.<br /><br />Imaginary Heroes follows the life of a teenager after his brothers' suicide. Not, of course, the most original story in the world, however it does spend a great deal of time... | 1 |
17,965 | [
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] | 294 | 346 | This film is chock-full of little surprises, many of them funny. The fact that it's written and directed by a 24-year old blows my mind. Some of the scenes where the high school kids are using ecstasy made me very uncomfortable because I have a kid that age and I could picture her using it. As parent of a teen, I found... | 1 |
17,969 | [
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] | 248 | 301 | It is hard to judge 'Imaginary Heroes' without referring to the fact that director and script writer Dan Harris is only 25. You can hardly believe seeing this film, which is not only a mature piece of work, professional and deep, but also with some of the defects of routine specific to older directors.<br /><br />The s... | 1 |
17,973 | [
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] | 272 | 327 | Another slice of darkness and denial hiding beneath the surface of American suburbia, Imaginary Heroes chronicles the lives of the Travis family, all recovering following the suicide of their eldest son.<br /><br />The pair at the center of the film is mother and son Sandy (Sigourney Weaver) and Tim (Emile Hirsch), bot... | 1 |
17,974 | [
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] | 286 | 376 | "Imaginary Heroes" is a 2004 film starring Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels, Emile Hirsch, Michelle Williams, and Kip Pardue.<br /><br />The story concerns a dysfunctional family that becomes even more dysfunctional when the oldest child (Pardue) commits suicide.<br /><br />"Ordinary People" has been mentioned often in r... | 1 |
17,978 | [
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] | 293 | 360 | The NYT review says that Sigourney Weaver's character is taut and frustrated, and, later, that she could be the sister of MTM's character in Ordinary People. Say, WHAT? No way. This lady was quirky from the start. NOTHING like MTM in Ordinary People. Sorry.<br /><br />Next, the NYT goes on to say that Sigourney Weaver'... | 1 |
17,981 | [
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] | 268 | 342 | IMAGINARY HEROES is one fine little film! Written and directed by Dan Harris this story is classic theater, weaving comedy and tragedy together so tightly that the climax of the film takes your breath away.<br /><br />The Travis family is an odd bunch: no member is who each appears to be. Beginning with a suicide of th... | 1 |
18,002 | [
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] | 297 | 347 | I would probably say this was on a par with films like "Devil's Rain" and that sort of film, although this is probably a bit better made. I love 70's horror and this has most of the elements that make up other movies I like so it was pretty easy to enjoy. A family on their vacation stumble across a small town where the... | 1 |
18,017 | [
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] | 323 | 394 | I think Samuel Goldwyn was trying to accomplish two things in this film. First the film is a homage to Jascha Heifetz, considered to be the best violin virtuoso of the past century. Secondly having brought to the screen the Dead End kids with his film of the same title and seeing them sign with Warner Brothers, he was ... | 1 |
18,027 | [
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] | 230 | 315 | This 1-hour 30-minute inside joke is best understood by Catholics, the number one religion of self-medicating comedians the world over. That isn't to say it can't stand on its own which it does, that the film isn't without its flaws, which its got. Technical issues, mostly: Belief that in 1998 digital was the answer wh... | 1 |
18,044 | [
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] | 248 | 322 | This story of the troubles caused by an over-possessive, overpowering, domineering and unscrupulous mother (Laura Hope Crews) for her two grown sons, and their girls, is a strong vehicle for stellar performances by Irene Dunn (the new daughter-in-law), Joel McCrea (the number-one son), Eric Linden (the number-two son) ... | 1 |
18,045 | [
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] | 292 | 381 | Who won the best actress Oscar for 1933? It should have been Laura Hope Crewes for her magnificent portrayal of the most monstrous mother ever. She truly is one of the great character actresses of all time. She played the frivolous Prudence Duvernoy in "Camille" (1936) and her best remembered role is Aunt Pittypat in "... | 1 |
18,057 | [
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] | 316 | 357 | I heard about this series in 2001 which a friend of mine was recording off the television each week. I never bothered to watch though I became acquainted with the series through the magazine which I looked at every now and then in bookstores. I recently purchased series one on DVD and have become addicted to this fasci... | 1 |
18,075 | [
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] | 311 | 375 | Farscape is the best sci-fi show period, for one main reason, everything the show attempts, it does very well. From a technical aspect, the music is original and perfectly fitted to the show. The special effects are abundance and higher quality then almost any thing else that you will see on your tv. The acting is also... | 1 |
18,076 | [
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] | 296 | 360 | Growing up in the late 60s and 70s I could not help but become a fan of science fiction. With America's space program in top gear, sci-fi books, movies, TV shows, and comic books fueled my imagination and opened my mind to the possibilities that exist in the universe. Farscape is so unlike any other sci-fi show yet it ... | 1 |
18,093 | [
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18,097 | [
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] | 281 | 336 | I just wanted to write a quick response to all those people who give this film a bad review because they think it isn't funny or that it's boring. <br /><br />Here's the trick --- the film is not meant to be just a comedy. It's got some depth to it. Like many Demme films it deals with people living in some of the odd c... | 1 |
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