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15,400 | [
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15,402 | [
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15,403 | [
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15,404 | [
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] | 170 | 227 | Renee Zellweger is Betty, a Kansas waitress who wants to be a nurse, who is infatuated with a soap opera actor (Greg Kinnear), and who is married to Del, a cheating, stupid male chauvinist who's trying to sell some stolen drugs. Unfortunately for him, he gets brutally, bloodily murdered instead, while Betty secretly wa... | 1 |
15,405 | [
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15,406 | [
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15,407 | [
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15,408 | [
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15,409 | [
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15,410 | [
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15,411 | [
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] | 393 | 465 | *spoiler* *spoilers* *spoilers* I found the film amusing.It was weird and I enjoy it,I laughed a lot so the bottom line is that I recommend the film.However I have problems with what LaBute wanted to say.The plot is very simple.Betty(Renee Zellweger), a hard life house wife watch her husband being murdered and while ha... | 1 |
15,412 | [
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] | 345 | 430 | Well, okay, maybe not perfect, but it was pretty close. This movie jumped from crime drama to romantic goofball comedy and back again so quickly all the way throughout that it seemed like two different movies that played simultaneously and then joined up again at the end. But they did it smoothly, and some in the theat... | 1 |
15,413 | [
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15,414 | [
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15,415 | [
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15,416 | [
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15,417 | [
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15,418 | [
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15,419 | [
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15,420 | [
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15,421 | [
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15,422 | [
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15,423 | [
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15,424 | [
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15,425 | [
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15,426 | [
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15,427 | [
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15,429 | [
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15,430 | [
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15,432 | [
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15,433 | [
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15,434 | [
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15,435 | [
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15,436 | [
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15,437 | [
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15,438 | [
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15,439 | [
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15,440 | [
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15,441 | [
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15,442 | [
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15,444 | [
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15,445 | [
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15,446 | [
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15,447 | [
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15,448 | [
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15,449 | [
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15,450 | [
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15,451 | [
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15,452 | [
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15,453 | [
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15,454 | [
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15,455 | [
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15,456 | [
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15,458 | [
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15,459 | [
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15,460 | [
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15,461 | [
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15,462 | [
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15,465 | [
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15,466 | [
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15,467 | [
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15,468 | [
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15,469 | [
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15,470 | [
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15,471 | [
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15,473 | [
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15,474 | [
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] | 88 | 103 | John Voight plays the title character in this movie based on author Pat Conroy's (Prince of Tides) autobiography. A fine teacher film, it tells the story of a naive Pat Conroy, a young English teacher whose first assignment is in an elementary school on a rural island. The only white man on the island, he must battle i... | 1 |
15,475 | [
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15,476 | [
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15,477 | [
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15,478 | [
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15,479 | [
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15,480 | [
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] | 718 | 988 | COMING on the heels of that 1970's "Blackploitation" Era, CONRACK (20th Century-Fox, 1974) offered audiences a low-key, sincere and everyday people sort of a drama. Offering a far different fair to its audience (which was far more general than those "Gansta" flicks); being a down to earth dose of realism that offered a... | 1 |
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200,
300
] | 191 | 225 | Superb story of a dedicated young teacher who sets out teaching minority children in an area off South Carolina.<br /><br />Jon Voight is just tremendous as the headstrong, dedicated, idealistic teacher who faces this challenge despite a principal, who believes in stern discipline and has little regard for modern educa... | 1 |
15,483 | [
100,
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] | 139 | 161 | Forget about the plot of this movie. Forget about the fact that it is wonderfully acted by Vince Vaughn and Vincend D'Onofrio. Forget about the fact that it is one of the few movies starring Jennifer Lopez that I can stomach. Although the story made be impossible to believe and much of the dialogue seems contrived, the... | 1 |
15,484 | [
600,
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] | 496 | 604 | 'The Cell' is a journey into the mind of a serial killer and I mean this literally. The film is about the journey, about the world it shows during this journey, the destination does not really matter. In my opinion this journey through the mind gives such beautiful images other things do not really matter as long as th... | 1 |
15,485 | [
400,
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] | 351 | 407 | The last film that provided a vivid and disturbing look at what insanity is probably like was In Dreams. In that movie, you didn't see insanity, you were THERE. Now The Cell comes along with an updated and much more disturbing portrayal of the inside of the mind of a psychotic killer. The opening scene takes you into t... | 1 |
15,486 | [
400,
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] | 351 | 436 | This movie is definitely a case of style over substance but the style is good and certainly more than unique on its own to make "The Cell" a memorable and above average movie.<br /><br />"The Cell" is beautifully looking with impressive sets, costumes and make-up. Yes, it's real eye candy to watch all. The movie has so... | 1 |
15,487 | [
300,
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] | 268 | 332 | Style over substance. But what a style it is. "The Cell" is the internal version of most serial killer movies. Unfortunately, the story hardly supports the visuals.<br /><br />Psychotherapist Catherine Deane (J-Lo) goes into her patients' dreams via artificial means to discover and help them over come their phobias and... | 1 |
15,488 | [
100,
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] | 173 | 187 | What makes watching and reviewing films a pleasure is when every once in a while when you least expect it a film like The Cell comes along and knocks your socks off!. This movie is a superb horror that has everything a you could want when you want to be scared out of your witts. Without going into the story all i will ... | 1 |
15,489 | [
600,
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] | 558 | 670 | "The Cell" is an exotic masterpiece, a dizzying trip into not only the vast mind of a serial killer, but also into one of a very talented director. This is conclusive evidence of what can be achieved if human beings unleash their uninhibited imaginations. This is boldness at work, pushing aside thoughts to fall into fo... | 1 |
15,490 | [
500,
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] | 479 | 565 | "The Cell" is a rather difficult film to classify. If you read the plot outline, "a psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim", you might think it's a thriller with a touch of science fiction. But that doesn't really do this movie justice. There is a fantasy aspec... | 1 |
15,491 | [
100,
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] | 124 | 152 | I remember seeing the trailer for this movie when it was first released and it looked pretty cool. I never got the chance to see it though. When I went to Blockbuster to rent some videos, I figured I should watch it. After all I did love "Silence of the Lambs" and "Se7en", and if you enjoyed those movies, you might get... | 1 |
15,492 | [
400,
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] | 355 | 401 | A serial killer , Carl Stargher , has been kidnapping and murdering young women by letting them drown in a water filled cell . He is apprehended by the FBI , but is in a coma and his latest kidnap victim awaits in a cell timed to fill with water <br /><br />Take a look at the above premise and you'll see that there's a... | 1 |
15,493 | [
200,
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] | 195 | 226 | After you have seen enough movies, there is very little that doesn't remind you of other movies. Nevertheless this was a watchable if somewhat disturbing film. I had to shut it off from time to time and come back to it later. Like "Silence of the Lambs" it features the search for a serial killer who has abducted someon... | 1 |
15,494 | [
200,
300
] | 171 | 237 | A crackling and magnificent thriller about a child psychiatrist, Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) who is desperately urged by two FBI agents, Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) and Gordon Ramsey (Jake Weber) to use her therapy on Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Ofornio), a serial killer who (uses strange and horrifying torture tactic... | 1 |
15,495 | [
200,
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] | 187 | 232 | The Cell is weak on plot, filled with holes and has pretty lousy acting as well. but none of this matters, for, director tarsem singh has given us one of the most visually stunning movies ever. the whole plot is just an excuse to let tarsem fool around and take you into the minds of a serial killer, bringing the audien... | 1 |
15,496 | [
900,
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] | 698 | 929 | ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** THE CELL / (2000) **** (out of four)<br /><br />"Do you believe there is a part of yourself, deep inside in your mind, with things you don't want other people to see? During a session when I'm inside, I get to see those things."<br /><br />--Catherine Deane<br /><br />And so do we. One of ... | 1 |
15,497 | [
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] | 151 | 180 | When I saw this movie for the first time I was both surprised and a little shocked by the blatant vibrance of the story. It is a very artistic drama with incredible special effects, spectacular acting, not to mention a very excellent job in the makeup department. Jennifer Lopez has pulled herself out of past roles that... | 1 |
15,498 | [
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] | 194 | 232 | THE CELL (2000) Rating: 8/10<br /><br />The Cell, like Antz, must be watched twice to be appreciated. The first time I saw this film I thought it was mediocre, but the film had such a lasting impression on me after viewing, I decided I had to rent it again. I did, and I found the film to be much more likeable. The Cell... | 1 |
15,499 | [
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] | 206 | 233 | I do not want to go into a criticism of the movie which I think is - for a big budget movie - quite exceptional and daring.<br /><br />I just wanted to remark that I am really fed up with the studios policies and the laws of different states which treat their viewers like children. In the database we find at least 4 di... | 1 |
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