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the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .
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becoming a better person through love
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what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons
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the last kiss is really all about performances .
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well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises ,
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a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny
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it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered .
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that might have made no such thing
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gondry 's direction is adequate
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experimentation and improvisation
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`` superior ''
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the extraordinarily rich landscape
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clever ways
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a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable
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fear dot com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds .
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off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all .
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a movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues '
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thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies
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leonine power
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so primitive in technique
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how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights
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some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier
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bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery
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a first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you
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the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ?
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both excellent
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groan
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's also too stupid
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supernatural thriller
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`` how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''
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exquisite , unfakable sense
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captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock
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a ray of hope
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obvious or self-indulgent
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dated and unfunny
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a slow death
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impassive a manner
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the movie 's captivating details are all in the performances , from foreman 's barking-mad taylor to thewlis 's smoothly sinister freddie and bettany/mcdowell 's hard-eyed gangster .
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, harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .
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has no point and
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the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with .
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shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated
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never once predictable .
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stick to his day job
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every joke is repeated at least four times .
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a serious contender for the title
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is pure , exciting moviemaking .
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set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock .
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( reynolds ) takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .
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calm , self-assured portrait
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can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken
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extends to his supple understanding of the role
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on the whole , you 're gon na like this movie .
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is ultimately
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is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time
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a quaint
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is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction
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's a technically superb film , shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team .
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the characters seem one-dimensional ,
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the timeless spectacle of people
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does little that is actually funny with the material
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most frightening
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it 's so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead .
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though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story
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harmless fun .
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large-format
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constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas
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's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure ,
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around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears
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's both charming and
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soulful , scathing and joyous
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the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow
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an ` a ' list cast
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, those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .
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got
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you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie
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a decomposition
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feels impersonal , almost generic
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has a compelling story to tell .
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a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller
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, one the public rarely sees .
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of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements
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pained
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lost his touch
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is too long with too little going on .
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is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script
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, accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .
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` just letting the mountain tell you what to do
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is a visual treat
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powerfully evocative mood
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a must-own
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hilarious place to visit
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performed a difficult task indeed
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it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating
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ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation .
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cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure
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luckiest
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, i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .
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aged past his prime
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the film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .
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