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to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting
1positive
5,405
overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration
1positive
56,144
so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast
1positive
54,460
know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too
0negative
30,963
feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas
0negative
17,456
life 's harshness
0negative
17,111
what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook
1positive
35,490
of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness
1positive
28,061
another useless recycling of a brutal mid - '70s american sports movie
0negative
9,564
capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark
1positive
43,926
of the most unpleasant things the studio
0negative
43,109
they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .
1positive
32,320
cinematic pollution
0negative
46,278
maintains suspense on different levels
1positive
19,555
the hell
0negative
15,938
a class with spike lee 's masterful
1positive
5,875
give exposure to some talented performers
1positive
12,551
does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny .
0negative
20,199
it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare
0negative
24,070
delightful , if minor , pastry
1positive
27,303
flawed ,
0negative
6,980
sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty
1positive
15,839
when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic
0negative
33,646
its opening
1positive
17,492
the following things are not at all entertaining : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching seinfeld ( who is also one of the film 's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy
0negative
5,970
you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .
0negative
53,274
fulford-wierzbicki ... deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen .
1positive
44,491
neat trick
1positive
50,826
how both evolve
1positive
32,065
caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare
0negative
13,213
an unsympathetic character and someone
0negative
48,753
next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?
0negative
65,956
a terrible adaptation
0negative
31,574
including a knockout of a closing line )
1positive
58,779
a trip
1positive
7,846
gives everyone something to shout about .
1positive
30,795
does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .
1positive
245
boring and meandering .
0negative
66,727
find an enthusiastic audience
1positive
16,202
that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country
0negative
9,255
direct hit
1positive
41,282
people act weird
0negative
41,832
can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial
1positive
8,319
ranks as the most original in years .
1positive
19,753
not easily and , in the end , not well enough
0negative
66,233
the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen
0negative
28,949
unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny
0negative
14,995
return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company
1positive
16,611
cult
0negative
24,880
none of this sounds promising and
0negative
3,591
the scruffy sands of its titular community
0negative
55,114
set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years
0negative
41,958
the movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality .
0negative
31,607
, thoroughly involving
1positive
27,358
it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm
1positive
57,663
honesty and respect
1positive
17,877
davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy .
1positive
14,761
the ` ick '
0negative
63,646
is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time
0negative
50,762
likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine
0negative
23,842
, no matter how degraded things get .
0negative
50,344
a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame
0negative
48,058
, all-enveloping movie experience
1positive
37,527
sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip
1positive
67,156
mr. polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival
1positive
40,358
excellence
1positive
20,985
of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor
1positive
10,688
keep my attention
1positive
26,944
too heady for children , and too preachy
0negative
38,740
, then they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .
1positive
56,493
caffeinated , sloppy brilliance
1positive
20,336
vicious and absurd
0negative
45,633
after an uncertain start
0negative
64,430
visually breathtaking
1positive
5,829
independent-community
1positive
33,944
there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) ,
1positive
9,054
second fiddle
0negative
250
anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels
0negative
4,270
a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer
0negative
41,586
brought to life on the big screen .
1positive
31,961
is solid , satisfying fare for adults .
1positive
64,303
dazzling dream
1positive
52,892
about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers
1positive
12,077
have that kind of impact on me these days
1positive
21,151
unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .
0negative
58,582
the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense
0negative
5,667
compelling yarn
1positive
34,691
like the english patient and the unbearable lightness of being
1positive
15,955
and neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .
0negative
21,530
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
1positive
39,675
vibrance and warmth
1positive
38,491
what makes it worth a recommendation
1positive
7,867
to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose
0negative
38,005
hot
1positive
12,769
seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece .
0negative
58,689
succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad
1positive
12,821
lyrical and celebratory
1positive
12,709
this loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy
0negative
52,644
hear george orwell turning over
0negative
64,744
certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories
1positive
4,948