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at least a minimal appreciation
1positive
58,911
, the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .
1positive
3,618
poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat
0negative
24,626
thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending
0negative
36,086
blazingly alive and admirable
1positive
44,727
to jimmy 's relentless anger
0negative
62,702
recalls
0negative
5,381
uneventful
0negative
3,062
enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other
0negative
58,758
very stupid and annoying .
0negative
20,285
polished and vastly entertaining caper
1positive
20,705
considered a funny little film
1positive
19,395
much more than
1positive
48,982
steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic .
1positive
19,637
it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .
0negative
30,077
a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry
1positive
4,956
look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten
0negative
4,735
bogging down
0negative
61,664
are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable
1positive
41,954
its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control ,
1positive
7,309
'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment .
0negative
21,361
, dramatized pbs program
0negative
57,238
expect more from director michael apted ( enigma ) and screenwriter nicholas kazan ( reversal of fortune ) than this cliche pileup
0negative
43,182
averting an american-russian armageddon
1positive
57,535
the horror
0negative
222
no means a slam-dunk
0negative
46,624
seldom hammy
1positive
65,008
real humor
1positive
33,438
to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness
0negative
52,155
one sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot .
0negative
65,717
's a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth .
1positive
45,015
oozing , chilling and heart-warming
1positive
477
this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure ,
0negative
18,764
if s&m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but it 's to this film 's ( and its makers ' ) credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves
1positive
8,283
memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and
0negative
32,272
's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy
0negative
25,538
grace and humor
1positive
52,399
funny little film
1positive
44,469
, warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .
1positive
20,318
show to steal
1positive
45,988
in ( this ) meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot
0negative
56,230
skip the film and
0negative
4,842
cuisine and palatable presentation
1positive
8,296
not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered ,
0negative
51,882
impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon
1positive
56,712
a tedious picture
0negative
33,375
assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times
0negative
3,183
operates nicely
1positive
37,879
of those so-so films that could have been much better
0negative
55,771
that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective
1positive
3,365
, sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .
0negative
36,623
its personable , amusing cast
1positive
33,965
cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama
1positive
26,065
an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) ,
1positive
40,366
you see it in these harrowing surf shots
1positive
57,149
teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop
0negative
19,655
one has nothing else to watch
0negative
27,603
frenetic , funny , even punny 6
1positive
8,380
a stale , overused cocktail
0negative
63,568
quite good-natured
1positive
37,828
a respectable summer blockbuster
1positive
42,201
an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera
1positive
21,535
's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness
1positive
3,438
in hero worship
1positive
3,331
christian
1positive
38,319
of anti-semitism ever seen on screen
0negative
1,135
to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours
1positive
53,188
to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure
1positive
55,529
sure to win viewers ' hearts
1positive
3,630
re-fried
0negative
26,491
dead-on in election
1positive
34,681
rolling over
0negative
21,167
unexpected blast
0negative
53,269
not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '
1positive
18,214
are terribly wasted .
0negative
38,831
its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives
1positive
21,802
has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes
0negative
65,933
injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater
1positive
29,031
handsomely
1positive
35,779
un-bear-able
0negative
7,708
nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me .
0negative
6,052
wondrous beats
1positive
30,136
in the end , tuck everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .
0negative
5,369
bring their characters to life
1positive
57,211
i have a confession to make : i did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy .
0negative
50,935
bloodsucker computer effects
1positive
59,880
the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast
1positive
30,842
a film with contemporary political resonance illustrated by a winning family story .
1positive
51,829
his inspiration
1positive
10,108
to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming
0negative
31,351
it 's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance .
1positive
54,515
the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea
0negative
1,953
low on energy
0negative
45,323
a film without surprise geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity .
0negative
35,703
going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films
1positive
20,379
as enlightening , insightful and entertaining
1positive
35,374
strong and unforced
1positive
20,796
have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie
1positive
18,049
who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship
0negative
31,733
easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films
0negative
63,512