"id","text","label" 147468,"Moderately involving despite bargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance .",0 112970,"a very good ( but not great ) movie",1 179485,"'s Revenge : Ultimate Edition",1 210790,"satisfying complete picture",1 51605,"fervid",1 10991,"teen-speak and animal gibberish",0 37438,"success",1 44023,"A crisp psychological drama",1 41179,"Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers ,",1 8399,"legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean",0 7644,"is a delight",1 161395,"hollow state",0 2483,"terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most",0 84436,"is n't entirely persuasive",0 23305,", I 'm not quite sure what the point is ...",0 138145,"too predictable and far too cliched",0 227537,"`` Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing",1 107382,"Lane and",1 236712,"the actors make this worth a peek .",1 131304,"remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .",1 74091,"animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool",1 143089,"A fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy .",1 81699,"has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics .",1 43256,"'s good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .",1 33632,"it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing",0 145315,"Feels like one of those contrived , only-in",0 33325,"is as respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for , though lovers of the book may wonder why it 's necessary .",1 207264,"nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women",0 163248,"is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent",0 99154,"unusually surreal",1 238731,"why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie",0 203639,"is ultimately thoughtful without having much dramatic impact",1 194918,"brash and mainly unfunny",0 179526,"'s a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",0 114010,"an epic four-hour Indian musical",1 229701,"can not last",0 202760,"is as generic as its title .",0 239221,"your reaction : A.",1 82446,"horribly",0 54529,"make the film touching",1 66068,"Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure",1 204049,"it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .",0 223314,"Extremely confusing .",0 97188,"then look no further , because here it is .",1 181065,", this movie just goes on and on and on and on",0 13164,"with roussillon providing comic relief",1 228432,"all comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow .",0 216780,"to Jimmy 's relentless anger",0 220432,"zero-dimensional , unlikable characters",0 181665,"A feel-good movie that",1 179296,"'' Abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .",0 165524,"make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 114609,"are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters .",1 127133,"minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy",1 129308,"oft-brilliant",1 121679,"has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs",1 6043,"does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events",0 9835,"prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 93306,"spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot",0 123931,"is as deep as a Petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book",0 184367,"Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable",0 234155,"no-frills docu-Dogma plainness",0 119820,"favorite musical",1 133637,"superficiality and",0 212885,"suffers through this film",0 76318,"can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .",1 12510,"too much about this love story .",0 139479,"well-made entertainment",1 126965,"meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never",1 193751,"at keeping themselves kicking",1 73049,"absorbing look",1 146189,"If it 's another regurgitated action movie you 're after",0 190207,"a bore",0 82061,"hefty anti-establishment message",1 39111,"to a talented head",1 169362,"projects such noble and lofty ambitions",1 149251,"The cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big",0 113266,"accomplishes its primary goal",1 135628,"the last time I saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops",0 213707,"that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom",0 8124,"its rote plot",0 121989,"have strip-mined the Monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .",1 200483,"has a handful of smart jokes",1 206735,"must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame .",0 10383,"sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings",1 160521,"haphazard , as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot .",0 35212,"of delicate , articulate character",1 180964,", the film 's ice cold",0 33176,"invade an abundance of mindsets",1 236945,"the gags are puerile .",0 156888,"could n't have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be .",0 232316,"is a little like a chocolate milk moustache ...",1 204908,"liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts",1 45592,"I must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .",1 72760,"a very resonant chord",1 6223,"entertained as well",1 54255,"like few others",1 126763,"manipulative and",0 220346,"you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one",0 128499,"of above the rest",1 89585,"one man 's treasure",1 230365,"does n't so much phone in his performance as",0 181486,"A '' Home Alone '' film that is staged like '' Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films .",0 98778,"turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end",0 32222,"grownups",1 22759,"whatever",0 3376,"'s the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 36125,"preciously interwoven",1 83319,"infectiously enthusiastic",1 165642,"manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 78811,"elegant technology",1 159803,"full of people constantly checking their watches",0 154504,"awful and appealing .",0 125100,"it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma .",0 78943,"encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow",1 231323,"guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 142414,", ridiculous",0 232663,"is nothing new .",0 77484,"crack a smile",1 147487,"More maudlin",0 153511,"an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of work .",0 93205,"somewhat satisfying",1 120130,"finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers .",0 191231,"a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns",0 93103,"some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old Jack Nicholson",1 157660,"do n't mind having my heartstrings pulled , but do n't treat me like a fool .",0 225260,"Occasionally funny , always very colorful",1 180415,", Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre",0 164644,"lazy affability",0 66371,"In painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .",1 121261,"goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over",0 170828,"shameless and coarse",0 99385,"vibrance and",1 151018,"With the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss",1 189439,"Wanderers and A Bronx Tale",0 104904,"Brutally honest and",1 13084,"will definitely win some hearts",1 217522,"to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't",0 195366,"can do even more damage",0 173811,"the entertaining elements",1 22808,"win you over",1 232893,"is wonderful",1 168549,"overproduced and generally disappointing effort",0 185263,"It could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director Clare Peploe 's misunderstanding of Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress .",0 27420,"a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned",1 94347,"terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects",1 139155,"walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance",1 189324,"Ultimately , clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies . Enigma lacks it .",0 162814,"is by lowering your expectations",0 233952,"more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .",1 9995,"rare in the depiction of young women in film",1 47475,"True tale of courage -- and complicity -- at Auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable .",1 170013,"repulsively sadistic and mundane",0 174683,"the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies",0 202481,"irrepressible passion",1 188348,"The metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery .",0 65186,"Driven by a fantastic dual performance from Ian Holm ...",1 6062,"doofus-on",0 194690,"black-and-white archival footage",1 230668,"exist for hushed lines",0 198934,"finds a consistent tone and lacks",1 32098,"glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep",0 152960,"admire the ensemble players and",1 125059,"it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .",0 175669,"three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one",0 20391,"disease movie",0 227634,"`` The best Disney movie",1 238596,"what is essentially an extended soap opera",0 16645,"nervous film that will either give you a mild headache or exhilarate you",0 230211,"did n't smile",0 72690,"a tougher picture",1 237886,"to many clichés",0 218800,"was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight .",0 220343,"you wanting to abandon the theater",0 120930,"gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it",0 97883,"to arrest development in a dead-end existence",0 80792,"funny , moving",1 32260,"happiness to their loved ones",1 23153,"'s one of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood",1 196182,"contrivances and overwrought emotion",0 7197,"his trademark misogyny",0 141655,"'s the only sane rationale I can think of for Swimfan 's existence .",0 108371,"Peter Jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime Tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want .",1 74582,"as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times",1 225583,"Reassuring",1 133750,"sweet , funny ,",1 29789,"but Sweet Home Alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life .",1 63514,"A time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater",1 175443,"this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 113805,"ambiguities that make it well worth watching",1 201114,"him this year 's Razzie",0 186238,"Muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious .",0 133944,"telegraphed well",1 165696,"mars the Touched",1 233858,"might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies",0 28042,"about the true meaning of the holidays",1 8407,"less as a documentary and more as a found relic",1 127046,"middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s .",0 82541,"human power",1 95390,"the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life",1 104919,"Buy is an accomplished actress ,",1 126947,"mean-spirited second half",0 98347,"to the World Trade Center tragedy",0 45789,"It has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and Mandy Moore leaves a positive impression .",1 28127,"admire",1 138104,"too little excitement",0 196478,"crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",0 68736,"She boxes these women 's souls right open for us .",1 130422,"poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .",0 5207,"blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights",0 123820,"is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie .",0 23566,", coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 150191,"This film is so slick , superficial and trend-hoppy , that it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay .",0 9654,"patient with the lovely hush !",1 182645,"At times , it actually hurts to watch .",0 55415,"of its pleasure",1 184009,"Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but",1 60123,"which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain",1 146326,"Indifferently implausible popcorn",0 87268,"more fun watching Spy than I had with most of the big summer movies",1 16548,"may be a good half-hour too long",0 100059,"who are enthusiastic about something and then",1 51521,"fans who ca n't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it",1 145408,"For Happiness is a bad film",0 87985,"nostalgic comments",1 10801,"stuttering editing and pompous references",0 40706,"A slick , well-oiled machine",1 29806,"but brimming with gentle humor",1 9926,"put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios",0 98186,"to make it a great movie",1 200631,"has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic",0 20279,"complex and important film",1 66144,"I do n't know if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director , but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie .",1 46079,"Malcolm McDowell ? Cool",1 98877,"uh , shred ,",0 6087,"droll whimsy",0 37489,"supply enough complications , close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us",1 192407,"amusing enough",1 219880,"without being insightful",0 221153,", I 'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 79941,"find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation",1 178062,"when she 's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall ...",1 172895,"that I did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved",0 179329,"'' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight . ''",0 42416,"offers all the perfect ingredients",1 3479,"... the picture 's cleverness is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine",0 231086,"funny feast",1 69622,"The gags are often a stitch .",1 38404,"the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",1 121901,"have a few cute moments",1 131802,"scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it",1 63447,"A sun-drenched masterpiece ,",1 151519,"a comedy that 's not very funny",0 210430,"replaced by goth goofiness",0 110985,"Weirdly , Broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car .",0 223596,"Has none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal '' , and",0 209949,"put together by some cynical creeps at Revolution Studios and Imagine Entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 81142,"glib but",0 31629,"filmic epiphany",1 23223,"( Director Peter ) Jackson and his crew have so steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not .",1 191177,"a real shame",0 57986,"the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system",1 201641,"imaginary",1 103792,"A pointed , often tender , examination of the pros and cons of unconditional love and familial duties .",1 192132,"all I sort of loved the people onscreen",1 78416,"does give you a peek . The main problem being that it 's only a peek",0 192522,"an endorsement",1 85080,"it lacks in substance",0 37782,"that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport",1 107980,"New Zealand coming-of-age movie",1 95569,"the extravagant confidence",1 56966,"shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .",1 201582,"if the movie knew what to do with him",0 2001,"palma . if you love him , you 'll like it .",1 235748,"silly humbuggery ...",0 124361,"is not the most impressive player .",0 231518,"hate myself",0 238270,"upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 179977,"'s so devoid of joy and energy it makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison",0 230127,"deftly change moods",1 212431,"staged like '' Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films",0 129325,"oftentimes funny , yet",1 203013,"is it a monsterous one",0 216313,"thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy",0 73027,"above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",1 60329,"with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",1 153018,"aims so low",0 105715,"Everyone should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting .",1 19891,"and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family",1 145045,"Ed Burns can have his revoked",0 162029,"in the post-Full Monty world",0 133809,"take credit for most of the movie 's success",1 83367,"injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again",1 47376,"This masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short .",1 228972,"as outstanding as director Bruce McCulloch",1 208313,"offers opportunities for occasional smiles",1 122573,"however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .",1 81004,"gets you riled up",1 234548,"of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light",1 160236,"gone horribly wrong",0 128226,"obvious determination to shock at any cost",0 121693,"has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .",1 1520,"jaundiced",0 119647,"fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .",0 235341,"reps decent action entertainment",1 232623,"is nicely shot , well-edited and",1 165349,"low-budget and tired",0 25952,"Leigh for actually casting people who look working-class",1 185706,"Lazy , miserable and smug . This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .",0 188483,"The obnoxious special effects",0 154923,"becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against",0 195958,"comes across as stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer",0 45431,"Hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people .",1 119694,"falls about ten feet onto his head",0 124877,"it 's still unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror .",1 156009,"candy-like taste",1 36427,"refreshing to see a cartoon that knows what it is , and knows the form 's history",1 136958,"this is a big , juicy role",1 154564,"bad rock concert",0 181774,"A little more intensity",0 27434,"a comedy with more laughs",1 219099,"what annoyed me most about God is Great",0 114593,"are great rewards here",1 110676,"To the civilized mind , a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .",0 60563,"you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures",1 24658,"An ironic speculation",0 127432,"most frightening",0 113721,"almost perpetually wasted",0 89464,"on the cinematic front",1 202920,"is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts",0 149317,"The doofus-on - the-loose banter of Welcome to Collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it . And as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",0 110315,"There 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight ,",0 28397,"an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly should n't hurt",1 72491,"a spectacular completion one",1 230681,"expect much more",0 54863,"most admirable quality",1 204882,"lessen the overall impact the movie could have had",0 66699,"It asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up .",1 84799,"is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt .",1 39133,"to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even",1 138010,"to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag",0 214945,"the less charitable might describe as a castrated",0 116972,"choppy and",0 185663,"Lacks the spirit of the previous two ,",0 69749,"The movie is well crafted",1 64839,"Could this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film ?",0 179894,"'s not nearly enough that 's right",0 156004,"can tickle many a preschooler 's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $ 40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead",0 230509,"endearing , caring",1 157296,"depth and rigor",1 224621,"Like Schindler 's List , The Grey Zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .",0 102402,", as much as it is for Angelique , the ( opening ) dance guarantees Karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .",1 232334,"is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see",0 126617,"make for one splendidly cast pair .",1 63857,"An emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do .",1 195665,"chillingly effective",1 215126,"the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context",1 21093,"it 's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch .",1 65601,"For those of an indulgent , slightly sunbaked and summery mind , Sex and Lucia may well prove diverting enough .",1 183816,"Exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera",0 94664,"that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch",1 180672,", however entertainingly presented ,",0 225700,"Schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did ) , has succeeded beyond all expectation .",1 19199,"Purely propaganda",0 184082,"Further sad evidence that Tom Tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap .",0 106948,"It 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid '' .",0 211410,"sheer ugliness",0 150456,"Too much of it",0 53165,"interfering",0 189148,"Though uniformly well acted",1 112385,"a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on Hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy",1 121712,"has been properly digested",1 163099,"is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance",0 117500,"contrived , lame screenplay",0 84355,"is lightweight filmmaking ,",0 13424,"'ll still feel something",1 182821,"Blade II is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves .",0 129374,"on an emotional level , funnier ,",1 61962,", illuminating study",1 153230,"always too whimsical",0 50870,"directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year",1 97131,"their memorable and resourceful performances",1 135784,"the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies",1 125919,"less enjoyable",0 205035,"like a promising work-in-progress",1 222126,"A well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker ,",1 117350,"complete waste",0 191526,"a thinking man 's monster movie",1 203249,"is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days",0 4639,"an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 116192,"breathtaking mystery",1 162100,"inadequate",0 6282,"even like them",1 213901,"that they are actually releasing it into theaters",0 135205,"the excruciating End",0 69225,"That the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog",0 81282,"gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem",1 24615,"An endlessly fascinating , landmark movie",1 66723,"It is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point",1 175917,"to be an intelligent film about young women",1 63852,"An elegant and sly deadpan",1 172995,"that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them",0 189736,"Will anyone who is n't a Fangoria subscriber be excited that it has n't gone straight to video ?",0 188276,"The holes in this film",0 86288,"looking at his 12th Oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 168973,"plenty of style in Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel to the 1998 hit but",1 15848,"frustrated",0 131909,"see a movie with its heart",1 217,"a pale imitation",0 157926,"drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time .",0 105098,"Christian Right propaganda machine",0 189159,"Throughout all the tumult",1 56066,"pleases almost everyone who sees it",1 201626,"ill-constructed and fatally overlong",0 139096,"visuals and enveloping sounds",1 200486,"has a nearly terminal case of the cutes",1 226866,"Unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .",1 107459,"Like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long : it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz",0 211284,"serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally",1 211565,"shows crushingly little curiosity about",0 130630,"prickly",0 105457,"Director Roger Kumble offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity . And there 's the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together .",1 144863,"Director Brian Levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a French poodle .",0 147864,"Offensive in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap thrills and disgusting in the manner it repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented",0 180982,", the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .",0 91458,"remarkably cohesive",1 67647,"Mostly Martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .",1 47138,"The leaping story line , shaped by director Peter Kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions",1 200112,"good gossip",1 178399,"will retch it up like rancid crème brûlée .",0 59300,"to offend",0 190933,"a menace",0 102839,", sometimes funny",1 156219,"cheerful , built to inspire the young people ,",1 58723,"the slippery slope of dishonesty",0 232493,"is impossible to ignore",1 188906,"These self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and",0 80902,"gentle , lapping rhythms",1 212596,"stolid remake",0 24372,"A literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 .",1 14355,"On the surface , it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick , but it has a lot in common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work , films like The Double Life of Veronique .",1 55898,"overmanipulative",0 34450,"meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater .",1 53071,"infectious exuberance",1 181557,"A cheap scam",0 234003,"much of it is good for a laugh",1 101715,"'s insecure in Lovely and Amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships",1 56035,"pity or",0 89690,"only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department",1 86098,"like this movie a lot",1 229000,"as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year",1 182264,"Almost as offensive",0 120909,"gaining most of its unsettling force",1 188850,"There 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes",0 62422,", wit and interesting characters",1 86791,"many pleasures",1 122276,"his best screen",1 11005,"tends to pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written",1 126677,"makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing",1 119095,"engaging comedy",1 47325,"There is nothing outstanding about this film",0 88968,"of the best inside-show-biz",1 108336,"Paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .",1 220726,"'s a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn .",1 193965,"badly cobbled look",0 64704,"Cho continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio .",1 238308,"vapid , insensitive people",0 50788,"desfecho que certamente fica na memória",1 97637,"thought-provoking film",1 142087,", as a writer , Mr . Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",0 32297,"has created a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful",1 189279,"Trouble Every Day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead",0 138456,"twists to make the formula feel fresh .",1 231416,"has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes .",1 47056,"The film has a terrific look and Salma Hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life",1 158605,"excited",1 214041,"the Gallic ` tradition of quality",1 42966,"wanted to like much more than I actually did . Sometimes ,",0 166035,"miss it altogether",0 48763,"all of its meaning and most of its pleasure",1 13547,", but I was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory .",0 172415,"sweep U . S . viewers",1 33996,"lavishly",1 194395,"been the ultimate IMAX trip",1 633,"bright",1 23393,", and damn the consequences",0 102905,", the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .",1 101967,"'s too bad that the rest is n't more compelling .",0 119515,"exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation .",1 122098,"heartfelt concern",1 143227,"A morose little soap opera about three vapid",0 171979,"sticks rigidly to the paradigm ,",0 28908,"and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .",1 23215,"( Broomfield )",1 214298,"the choices are as contrived and artificial as Kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair",0 47121,"The ingenuity that Parker displays in freshening the play",1 103247,"... the reason to go see '' Blue Crush ''",1 140287,"with tremendous skill",1 14642,"Writer-director Burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear .",1 19041,"Kinnear 's performance is razor sharp",1 189866,"Writer-director Randall Wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew",0 202503,"is , for about ten minutes . After",0 20687,"greatest romantic comedies",1 224146,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers --",0 87380,"most appealing movies",1 223912,"If any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future",0 38458,"the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 91993,"scintillating force",1 97446,"this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .",1 213024,"sustain a reasonable degree of suspense",1 141226,"'s an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances , but is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable",0 3247,"your typical majid majidi shoe-loving ,",1 3955,"a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice",1 80089,"flawed and brilliant",1 221902,"79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 31163,"entertaining period drama ... both Caine and Fraser have their moments .",1 124997,"it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably",1 27780,"a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force",1 113083,"abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness",0 142044,", The Piano Teacher is anything but fun .",0 234817,"outstanding as director",1 74931,"at its best moments",1 104754,"Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",1 69505,"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel ,",1 149644,"The nicest thing that can be said about Stealing Harvard ( which might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog )",0 29728,"breakthrough role",1 227760,"a bad movie , just mediocre",0 39988,"when half the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons",0 233398,"like Bruce Springsteen 's gone-to-pot Asbury Park , New Jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins .",0 60989,"'s continuing exploration of homosexuality in America",0 218421,"varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds",0 166363,"mostly tired",0 153351,"an attachment",1 103147,". It looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such .",0 39253,"to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 220755,"'s also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 153501,"an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter",0 140165,"with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used",1 159037,"fewer laughs",0 112647,"a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely",0 33452,"is one of the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men",1 237241,"the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",1 171734,"soulless and ugly movies like this are the result .",0 188467,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage",0 219659,"with a fresh point of view",1 112524,"a pretty good overall picture",1 65321,"Enticing and often funny documentary",1 202162,"inconclusive ending",0 97465,"this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .",1 198563,"far-flung",0 13590,", iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .",1 113821,"amiable picture",1 110161,"The sheer joy and pride they took in their work -- and in each other -- shines through every frame .",1 138156,"too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 111041,"What really happened ? '' is a question for philosophers , not filmmakers : all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience",0 168953,"plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither",0 195056,"but its abrupt drop in IQ points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide .",0 28089,"acted crowd-pleaser that is n't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears",1 142653,", yikes , uproarious",1 12756,"veers uncomfortably",0 162530,"is , regrettably",0 153809,"are beginning to wear a bit thin",0 99059,"universal human impulse",1 74963,"at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty --",1 95987,"the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine",1 225868,"Some are fascinating and others are not , and in the end , it is almost a good movie",1 148863,"Steven Shainberg 's adaptation",1 47049,"The film 's strength is n't in its details , but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears .",1 169034,"political and psychological thriller",1 95924,"the impressively discreet filmmakers",1 10716,"started with a great premise and then just fell apart",0 71670,"a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life",1 9336,"of quality",1 21043,"is not only distanced but distancing .",0 11722,"the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief .",1 175783,"tiring",0 77860,"definitely gives you something to chew on",1 154178,"as if De Palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese",0 93270,"speaks volumes ,",1 145172,"Even legends like Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston occasionally directed trifles",0 53260,"is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work",0 8488,"like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .",0 152791,"about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists",0 43724,", the project is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch .",1 126558,"made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .",0 222602,"Best Man ''",1 97745,"tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller",1 161629,"ignore the film",0 47588,"What Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never Again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary . But it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain",1 199578,"from being a total rehash",0 180425,", Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton are not Hepburn and Grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore .",0 34136,"literal",1 155554,"buggy drag",0 163143,"is no pleasure in watching a child suffer . Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame",0 227997,"a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 110534,"This movie sucks . '",0 139773,"who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 91028,"quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation",1 144099,"Began life as a computer game , then morphed into a movie -- a bad one , of course .",0 238571,"were hoping `` Ecks vs. Sever '' or `` xXx '' was going to be",0 181132,", witless mess",0 209628,"precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end",0 178523,"with a very bad feeling",0 41476,"a soft , percolating magic ,",1 167424,"of dead ends and distracting camera work",0 37033,"sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem",1 182251,"All too familiar ... basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938",0 222802,"But that they are doing it is thought-provoking .",1 101667,"'s definitely a step in the right direction .",1 129070,"of the most multilayered and sympathetic female",1 2265,"shooting itself",0 68088,"Pan Nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious ,",1 192516,"an elegant visual sense",1 37295,"startling and fresh examination",1 39405,"touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport",1 227209,"Woefully",0 230752,"feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering",0 141218,"'s also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",0 31611,"filled with surprises",1 200617,"has no point and",0 179889,"'s not enough to the story to fill two hours",0 123757,"is a general air of exuberance in All About The Benjamins that 's hard to resist .",1 190537,"a few good laughs",1 161460,"how bad the movie is",0 217271,"to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",0 130121,"perceptive , good-natured movie",1 61292,"'s suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary",1 178846,"worthy substitute",1 183878,"Far-fetched premise , convoluted plot ,",0 26275,"Old-form moviemaking at its best .",1 20856,"illuminated by shards of feeling",1 98605,"tour de",1 226892,"Utter mush",0 205256,"live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement",0 127845,"needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic",0 81000,"gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast ,",1 223016,"Could I have been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ?",1 124192,"is lacking",0 77710,"dare to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life",1 239029,"would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7.00",0 200203,"grayish quality",0 51293,"envisioned",1 16802,"of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",1 135761,"the most incoherent",0 116958,"chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in",0 143535,"Afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics",0 17215,"sizzle and very little steak",0 55834,"optimistic that there 's hope for popular cinema yet",1 73690,"an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",1 171049,"shuns",0 75729,"blasts of rage",0 216831,"to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle",0 5092,"before indigestion sets",0 109714,"The director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn . The results are far more alienating than involving .",0 130437,"popcorn thriller",1 31647,"finding God that is accessible and touching to the marrow",1 85459,"its visual imagination is breathtaking",1 138535,"unaffected style",1 66411,"Intelligent , caustic",1 171628,"someone other than the director",0 229237,"beat that you can dance to",1 93662,"study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture",1 58124,"the cinema world 's great visual stylists",1 19161,"One of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade .",1 43394,"( Caine ) proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film .",1 203209,"is nearly impossible to look at or understand",0 177686,"was so weak",0 59777,"us on his sentimental journey of the heart .",1 83808,"is a likable story , told with competence .",1 71848,"a huge sacrifice of character and mood",0 74744,"as often imaginative",1 226692,"This off-putting French romantic comedy",0 102379,", and at times uncommonly moving",1 21064,"is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first .",1 33499,"is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",1 8156,"its ultimate demise",0 72331,"a satisfying evening at the multiplex",1 236293,"than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here .",1 141700,"'s weaker than most",0 184574,"I 'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't .",0 210246,"recommend ''",1 227047,"What bubbles up out of John C. Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 121830,"has really found his groove these days",1 136823,"they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot",0 27056,"Tim Story 's not there yet - but ` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way .",1 91290,"recharged",1 125136,"it was going to be",1 203655,"is unusual but unfortunately also irritating",0 126764,"manipulative and contrived",0 93130,"some special qualities and",1 139075,"viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .",1 103611,"A gangster movie with the capacity to surprise",1 153022,"airhead",0 45826,"It may be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 187530,"Stains",0 195832,"clumsy dialogue",0 174637,"the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke",0 63759,"Although made on a shoestring and unevenly",0 131616,"romance , tragedy",1 148687,"So what is the point ? Lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically .",0 173139,"that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs",0 214408,"the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an )",0 146120,"I still ca n't relate to Stuart :",0 163767,"it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor",0 87452,"most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial",0 230705,"failure .",0 11313,"the dubious",0 91657,"rich and full",1 67254,"Like a skillful fisher , the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .",1 216391,"this gutter romancer 's",0 106247,"Hmmm",0 225925,"Spielberg 's realization of a near-future America is masterful .",1 209403,"please people",1 209215,"peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids",0 40167,"with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 188953,"This Scarlet 's letter is A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 214812,"the humor dwindles",0 70354,"Though filmed partly in Canada , Paid in Full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the Reagan years .",1 122449,"hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing",0 215119,"the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good",0 168273,"only a spectacular whiff",0 197471,"drag along",0 61122,"'s most substantial feature for some time .",1 143833,"Anthony Hopkins ? Big deal ! We 've already seen the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal -- and it was better the first time .",0 225559,"Quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .",0 72307,"a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride",1 87740,"nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit",1 113384,"add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale",1 13670,", well-acted , character-driven comedy",1 226270,"The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose .",0 12063,"theft",0 16224,"is a good place to start .",1 54921,"movie lovers as well as",1 146919,"Jolie 's hideous yellow ` do",0 195576,"change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",0 88001,"not exactly assured in its execution",0 200769,"have been much better",1 52397,"has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast .",1 19104,"Most impressive",1 190349,"a confusing melange of tones and styles ,",0 119296,"establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a James Bond series for kids",1 75188,"be Burns 's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen",1 61036,"'s flawed and brilliant",1 94081,"tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging",1 234008,"muddy psychological",0 83822,"is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",1 220802,"'s emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .",1 190843,"a little scattered -- ditsy",0 172638,"temper what could 've been an impacting film .",0 20383,"direct antithesis",0 27189,"What Full Frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still , I 'm not quite sure what the point is ...",0 219846,"with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations",0 56914,"shines on all the characters ,",1 183662,"Elling and Kjell Bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world .",0 33147,"into overkill",0 214286,"the charisma and ability",1 128784,"of magic",1 85112,"it offers hope",1 16335,"it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",1 43325,"'s something auspicious , and daring , too ,",1 183410,"Did no one on the set have a sense of humor",0 127543,"moustache",0 181876,"A negligible British comedy .",0 2699,"the rigors",0 189196,"To work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer . That is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion .",0 82460,"hot air",0 123557,"into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need",1 184559,"I 'll go out on a limb . It is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year . It 's just merely very bad .",0 107803,"Moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between Jane Wyman and June Cleaver",1 7912,"it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare",0 129692,"oppressively",0 151172,"Ze movie starts out so funny",1 146019,"I can take infantile humor",0 150071,"There 's something with potential here ,",1 233426,"like `` horrible '' and `` terrible",0 186855,"Rather than real figures , Elling and Kjell Bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world .",0 231215,"giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 49509,"be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness",1 125972,"life . A little melodramatic ,",0 60659,"'' admirably",1 196799,"describe as a castrated",0 70637,"Visually engrossing",1 160749,"has the temerity to run over two hours",0 153640,"another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring",0 125102,"it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",0 206195,"mined his personal horrors and",0 39846,"warm glow",1 103961,"A treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody .",1 202529,"is DOA .",0 229137,"be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general",0 16147,"incredible",1 124425,"is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms",1 176180,"to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 146780,"Its characters are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper .",0 121995,"have to admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes",0 26538,"Scottish comedy",1 199706,"futile concoction",0 61802,", but I suspect it might deliver again and again",1 77919,"delightful romantic comedy",1 80782,"funniest jokes",1 5304,"broomfield reveals an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force .",1 167942,"offends by just being wishy-washy",0 221714,"- I also wanted a little alien as a friend !",1 105725,"Evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much fun .",1 204210,"its handful of redeeming features",1 132963,"something seems to be missing",0 130817,"puppies with broken legs",0 76603,"characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love",1 8623,"make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying",1 42391,"nails the role",1 12314,"to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 111750,"a dashing and resourceful hero",1 176384,"to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie",0 210298,"refuse to admit that they do n't like it",0 161857,"in emptiness",0 107153,"Jane Wyman and",1 2175,"rival",0 105062,"Cherish '",1 178124,"where you walk out of the theater not feeling",0 145326,"Femme Fatale ranks with the worst",0 195179,"by labored writing and slack direction",0 136989,"this loose collection of largely improvised numbers",0 28732,"and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement",1 122995,"in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",0 112802,"a striking style",1 191480,"a tearjerker",1 143335,"A shambles of a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly ...",0 144913,"Do n't be fooled by the impressive cast list - Eye See You is pure junk .",0 26551,"Seldahl 's Barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness .",1 14395,"Ray Liotta and Jason Patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled : Nobody deserves any prizes here .",0 78612,"draws its considerable power from simplicity",1 204207,"its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers",0 10025,"real strength",1 163029,"is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough",0 204707,"last summer 's bloated effects",0 223455,"Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot --",0 138271,"transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest",1 120674,"from a bygone era",0 179923,"'s nowhere near as exciting as either .",0 55093,"no way",0 109534,"The acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the Wal-Mart checkout line",0 83457,"intelligent observations",1 60280,"wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion",1 207869,"of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis",0 63428,"A strong script",1 58114,"the chemistry and complex relationship",1 228385,"adventure and a worthwhile environmental message",1 18675,"An unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story .",1 191055,"a one-note performance",0 79255,"even more remarkable",1 1940,"on '' stupid",0 175367,"this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane",0 92783,"slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease",1 237045,"the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1 1774,"moving",1 3752,"a fascinating character study with laughs",1 74632,"as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it",1 209358,"played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters",0 81099,"gives added clout to this doc",1 124599,"is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 50124,"character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller",1 170886,"shoddy airport security",0 207362,"oddly detached",0 100510,"with heart",1 152460,"a slightly believable love triangle",1 176529,"to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be",0 39837,"wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids",1 129961,"paints a grand picture of an era and",1 55164,"observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 139474,"well-acted and well-intentioned",1 46607,"Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros",1 62198,", see Scratch for the music , see Scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .",1 13403,"& Amazing",1 23373,", and Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry",1 2582,"the dumbest",0 56500,"relegated to the background -- a welcome step",1 36412,"recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 137433,"to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms",0 195974,"comes into sharp focus",1 226583,"There are now two signs that M. Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : Unbreakable and Signs .",0 62312,", the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .",1 104343,"An infuriating film . Just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense .",0 111313,"Yiddish stage",1 156515,"come away hating the second one",0 136806,"they may be as history",0 109856,"The film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , '",0 31961,"funnier",1 201555,"if it were an extended short",0 133586,"sucking you in ... and making you sweat",1 29567,"best thing",1 221078,"( Silver 's parrot has been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )",1 155321,"bludgeon myself unconscious",0 110312,"There 's no good answer to that one .",0 45257,"Films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . Seen in that light , Moonlight Mile should strike a nerve in many .",1 64977,"Deepa Mehta provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of Bollywood in the Western world .",1 34411,"may be his most demented film to date",0 139612,"when you 're a struggling nobody",0 214329,"the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing",0 27872,"a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 37391,"strong emotions",1 188480,"The obligatory break-ups and",0 231704,"hilarious Kenneth Branagh",1 112881,"a testament to De Niro and director Michael Caton-Jones",1 119657,"faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers",1 59815,"utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team",1 114036,"an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie",0 202491,"is ) a fascinating character , and",1 127813,"nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history",1 197350,"does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .",0 221193,", Mr. Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .",0 193843,"attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds",0 57332,"steamy",1 165355,"low-cut gowns",1 8480,"like some weird masterpiece theater sketch",0 60895,"'s about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events",0 190576,"a film that celebrates radical",1 7029,"have been lost in the translation",0 68287,"Provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . After seeing ` Analyze That",1 103420,"A big-budget\/all-star movie as unblinkingly pure as The Hours",1 172203,"subservient",0 209675,"preposterously",0 82982,"in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second",1 131915,"see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles",1 29951,"by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks",0 180608,", dopey old",0 11205,"the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing",0 86897,"may be shallow",0 2227,"seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior",0 150462,"Too often , the viewer is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance .",0 164127,"its questionable in-the-ring match-up",0 146679,"It feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and",0 181758,"A laughable -- or rather , unlaughable --",0 183799,"Everything in Maid in Manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend . It goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste .",1 184299,"Happy Together shoots for ( and misses )",0 98061,"to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves",1 94157,"takes hold and grips",1 195139,"by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot",0 93800,"such high-wattage brainpower",1 175463,"this load",0 109929,"The lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced ...",0 226125,"The Master of Disguise is funny",1 18596,"A thoughtful , moving piece that faces difficult",1 227025,"Wewannour money back , actually .",0 23364,", adored by the movie-going public",1 222116,"A wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs. Robinson complex",0 149685,"The overall effect is less like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts .",0 144978,"Drags along in a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the - past numbness .",0 228615,"an unforced , rapid-fire delivery",1 138265,"transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange",1 204664,"lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( Eyre 's ) first film something of a sleeper success",0 103186,"... a delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender labels .",1 165144,"loathsome",0 96205,"the most watchable film of the year",1 112106,"a heck of a ride . Samuel L",1 163077,"is n't funny",0 205028,"like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial ,",0 20538,"feels authentic .",1 78720,"earns extra points by acting as if it were n't",1 43818,"-- but not stereotyped",1 101798,"'s not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .",0 33894,"joys",1 201683,"imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie",0 24621,"An enjoyably half-wit remake of the venerable Italian comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street .",1 186921,"Return to Neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief",0 127743,"nails Sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness .",1 27753,"a psychological masterpiece",1 158981,"felt : not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend",0 2168,"rewarded",1 19982,"as ` Bartleby ' so effectively makes it",1 221450,", it would gobble in Dolby Digital stereo .",0 150234,"This is n't even Madonna 's Swept Away .",0 235209,"reality tv obsession",0 56787,"seem disappointing in its generalities",0 107849,"Mr . Murray , a prolific director of music videos ,",1 148060,"Perdition , meanwhile , reads more like Driving Miss Daisy than GoodFellas",0 160486,"halfhearted twist",0 95782,"the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer",1 17286,"sophisticated , funny and good-natured",1 22008,"soft , percolating magic",1 164375,"keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke",0 201553,"if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in",0 213179,"tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel",0 98438,"to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages",1 93909,"surehanded direction",1 197349,"does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites",0 117225,"comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .",0 28897,"and violent",0 34314,"makes it worthwhile",1 69554,"The film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . And",0 7795,"is surprisingly enjoyable",1 63273,"A portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .",1 177117,"underarm noises",0 23183,"'s the tension that keeps you in your seat",1 47298,"The whole is quite entertaining ,",1 138438,"turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach .",0 184724,"I think it was Plato who said , ' I think , therefore I know better than to rush to the theatre for this one",0 135081,"the darkest variety",0 218266,"until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous",0 189454,"Washington , as honest working man John Q . Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",1 144055,"Based on a David Leavitt story , the film shares that writer 's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness .",0 183401,"Deuces Wild treads heavily into Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story territory , where it plainly has no business going .",0 127064,"might have been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year",1 194299,"becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead",0 88132,"odd but ultimately satisfying",1 63328,"A riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey",1 235411,"rush right out and",1 149829,"The sequel has turned completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense .",0 76684,"chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss .",1 201281,"hold dear about cinema ,",1 210185,"realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and",0 46342,"Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 184135,"Get out",0 25715,"Is n't quite the equal of Woo 's best earlier work",0 31119,"enjoyably",1 207052,"no matter how Broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence",0 182829,"Blade and",1 23888,", that 's not always a bad thing",1 143619,"All the Queen 's Men is allegedly '' inspired ''",0 68478,"Roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph",1 79689,"farts , urine , feces",0 10086,"remains",0 25580,"Hopkins",1 108406,"Pleasant",1 62772,"A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .",1 35792,"originated",1 55686,"offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues Brecht faced as his life drew to a close .",1 44892,"Charles ' entertaining film chronicles Seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic Adams ' attempts to get his shot at the big time .",1 222385,"And when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem .",0 129775,"our best achievements",1 222021,"A half-assed film .",0 51575,"feel contradictory things",0 150585,"Unless you are in dire need of a Diesel fix",0 205602,"made to look bad",0 227217,"Woody Allen used to ridicule movies like Hollywood Ending .",0 50874,"directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men .",1 218563,"virtually unwatchable",0 216684,"throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares ,",0 161741,"in China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",0 1534,"kappa rho alpha phi",0 113117,"about The Santa Clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie ,",0 9157,"nothing left over for jokes",0 12358,"to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies",1 185008,"It 's a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson",1 41626,"be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps ,",1 79162,"equally engrossing",1 85121,"it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .",1 112573,"a rarity in Hollywood",1 220110,"would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at",0 98884,"ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film",1 109066,"Some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling",1 124211,"is like reading a research paper",0 15281,"bored or frustrated",0 35895,"painfully authentic",1 28326,"an audacious tour",1 199012,"flailing around",0 123312,"indecipherable plot complications",0 54330,"long and unfocused",0 236190,"suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .",0 133039,"soulless",0 7425,"in for a real winner , creativity at its peak",1 40046,"who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee",1 33405,"is lots of fun",1 20316,"creepy by its '' men in a sardine can '' warped logic",0 78070,"detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees while the world 's democracie",1 102104,"( Jeff 's ) gorgeous ,",1 92123,"seeing things from new sides",1 221709,", you might want to check it out",1 61650,", Marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .",1 49163,"are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 18899,"Goddammit",0 168391,"other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies",0 140011,"wish we could have spent more time in its world",1 80912,"gently humorous",1 41113,"Not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out , but",0 10662,"spell things out for viewers",0 110504,"This is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and it 's all the stronger because of it",1 184192,"Goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but she and writing partner Laurence Coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage",1 167419,"of crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy",1 73291,"afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket",1 121230,"go down with a ship as leaky as this",0 38568,"the preteen girls",1 135336,"the film is a hilarious adventure and I shamelessly enjoyed it .",1 55533,"of the Holy Land and its inhabitants",1 7173,"his open-faced , smiling",1 86570,"make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come",1 80309,"for more . It does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received",1 39504,"twist-and-turn",1 115008,"as pretty contagious fun",1 24666,"An offbeat , sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film about the true meaning of the holidays .",1 205262,"lives up",1 146486,"It 's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high .",0 203974,"it might have held my attention , but",0 170318,"same lazy affability",0 223855,"I thought I heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign .",0 83493,"interestingly",1 169447,"puke",0 113030,"a witty expose",1 77207,"conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head",0 3424,"( p ) artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting .",1 121251,"goes downhill",0 226688,"This new Time Machine is hardly perfect",0 190411,"a crusty treatment",0 37384,"strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale",1 145264,"Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast",0 87336,"more than adequately fills the eyes and",1 89367,"on a group of extremely talented musicians",1 190487,"a dud",0 229789,"certainly ranks as the most original in years .",1 185536,"Just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny .",0 133679,"surprising highs",1 6436,"featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock",1 189754,"Wimps out by going for that PG-13 rating , so",0 131897,"seductively stylish game",1 180486,", albeit half-baked ,",0 201549,"if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0 46633,"Reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others . It also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .",1 191266,"a satisfying kids flck",1 16557,"meanders from its shocking start",0 105073,"Children and adults enamored of all things Pokemon wo n't be disappointed .",1 208334,"old , familiar",0 81052,"give it considerable punch .",1 137512,"to cram too many ingredients into one small pot",0 162085,"in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment",1 115402,"barf",0 63041,"A flawed film but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly",1 120918,"gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy",0 228795,"are fine as well .",1 52739,"hot",1 111205,"With or without ballast tanks , K-19 sinks to a Harrison Ford low .",0 200938,"he just needs better material",0 183342,"Demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake , but he ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 92609,"shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper .",0 111202,"With its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters",0 73223,"adequately fills the eyes",1 144182,"Blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but Ahola is simply not an actor . And in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .",0 232563,"is much more P.C. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance )",1 111800,"a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story .",0 79945,"find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 53829,"it is a refreshingly forthright one",1 210265,"red hot",1 93646,"strongest and",1 123008,"in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon",1 113142,"about either the nature of women or",1 157676,"do n't think so",0 68895,"Some remarkable achival film",1 55322,"of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema",1 89260,"offers a trenchant critique of capitalism",1 163086,"is n't more accomplished . The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward",0 48316,"a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings",1 60229,"will find it more than capable of rewarding them .",1 230728,"fantasti",1 199953,"gives Hollywood sequels a bad name",0 120023,"fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling .",1 119386,"ever-growing category",1 143970,"Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and",0 206864,"need n't waste their time on it",0 57615,"teacher",1 224153,"It 's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic .",0 134573,"that takes too long to shake",0 233025,"it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",1 139518,"were the people who paid to see it .",0 59476,"touching , sophisticated film",1 27953,"a weak or careless performance",0 238985,"worthwhile environmental message",1 45073,"Director of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors ,",1 386,"an acrid test",0 36627,"rousing good story",1 117686,"created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy",1 25267,"Evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children -- and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers",0 150210,"This is a good movie in spurts",1 221600,", the new thriller proves that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .",1 131577,"rises above superficiality",1 84512,"is one of the year 's best",1 128352,"of Matthew Shepard",1 13334,"you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 85608,"keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum",1 211763,"slapping extreme humor",1 198503,"familiar -- and not in a good way",0 18073,"winning",1 199287,"for putting together any movies of particular value or merit",1 196236,"cool , composed delivery",1 62035,", it has a genuine dramatic impact",1 204688,"larded",0 111617,"a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import",1 106546,"II experience",0 107247,"Just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit",0 13450,"'s also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story",0 44733,"Blanchett 's performance confirms her power once again .",1 1675,"make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 1257,"if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright , then blood work",0 85885,"left me feeling refreshed and hopeful",1 162152,"indifferent",0 11212,"the breathtaking landscapes",1 110266,"The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism , and Ms . Ramsay and her co-writer , Liana Dognini , have dramatized the Alan Warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting .",1 78222,"directs , ideally",1 147936,"One-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation ... Stylistically , the movie is a disaster .",0 82098,"her fearlessness",1 175460,"this likable movie is n't more accomplished . The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward",0 63549,"A weird and wonderful comedy .",1 77361,"convincing and radiant",1 40485,"young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness",1 194773,"bogging down in a barrage of hype",0 64049,"Armed with a game supporting cast ,",1 173390,"the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode",1 73780,"an exhilarating new interpretation in Morvern Callar",1 101066,"you 're on the edge of your seat",1 75691,"big-time",1 74746,"as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies",1 13108,"winner",1 138956,"very ambitious",1 108081,"Nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises .",0 96424,"the plot makes no sense",0 166531,"my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7 . 00",1 13456,"'s even less plausible than the rest of the picture",0 237657,"tick off every point of `` The Longest Yard '' playbook like a checklist",0 12556,"treads where few american films dare to delve --",1 44340,"A winning piece",1 210646,"rough-hewn vanity project",0 79903,"film that will enthrall the whole family",1 65026,"Despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .",1 182344,"An allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals African American professionals get about overachieving",1 9498,"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely",1 26676,"Sure , it 's more of the same",0 70011,"The universal theme",1 185034,"It 's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow .",0 3578,"a best",1 67888,"Not as good as The Full Monty , but a really strong second effort .",1 61377,"'ve come to expect , including the assumption that '' crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",1 190394,"a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime",0 212903,"suited to a quiet evening on PBS",0 211674,"sink this ` sub '",0 168590,"own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",0 111321,"You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but",1 79144,"entirely wholesome )",1 19852,"and it 's rather messy -- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .",1 231025,"from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients",1 51384,"exactly what was missing from Rabbit-Proof Fence",1 76789,"cleaner",1 179402,"'m giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment .",0 111206,"With the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof , which They is n't",0 9991,"rank frustration",0 121410,"great film noir",1 35574,"offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding .",1 185962,"Make like the title and dodge this one .",0 38879,"they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor .",1 33498,"is stunning as Frida and ... a star-making project .",1 23279,") noisy",0 42091,"hits often enough",1 191405,"a straight-to-video movie",0 55345,"of enthralling drama",1 175623,"though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper .",0 8809,"miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax",0 56053,"playful spark",1 166868,"no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and",0 123939,"is as predictable",0 232886,"is what movies are supposed to be ...",1 197911,"enough emotional resonance or variety of incident",0 188367,"The most remarkable ( and frustrating ) thing about World Traveler , which opens today in Manhattan",0 231706,"hilariously ,",1 45522,"Holm ... embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma .",1 83343,"infuses the movie with much of its slender",1 148330,"Rohmer 's talky films fascinate me",1 201606,"if you only had a week to live",0 20577,"for an arousing good time",1 111128,"While the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times , it 's awfully entertaining to watch .",1 58205,"the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant",1 232394,"is an interesting movie !",1 121218,"glorified",1 7849,"it 's a charming and often affecting journey",1 153224,"although it 's more comedy",1 46893,"Thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .",1 232357,"is a strangely drab romp",0 122130,"help Chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact .",1 27340,"a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 146260,"Imagine a really bad community theater production of West Side Story without the songs",0 28267,"amateurishly made but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going .",1 22816,"wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean",1 61926,", guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster .",1 158342,"entirely convincing about The Quiet American",1 12580,"true and historically significant",1 120955,"gay and lesbian children",0 79981,"finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality",1 218138,"undernourished and plodding",0 161378,"hokey script",0 98560,"totally weirded",0 128111,"not only satisfied",1 177645,"was done better in Wilder 's Some Like It Hot is like saying the sun rises in the east .",0 121018,"gentle and humane side",1 41247,"The Powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . But this time there 's some mold on the gold",1 181953,"A reworking of Die Hard and Cliffhanger",0 7817,"is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value",0 158169,"embarrassment or stupidity",0 208938,"overly old-fashioned",0 233278,"lackluster thriller `` New Best Friend ''",0 70228,"This is an extraordinary film , not least because it is Japanese and yet feels universal .",1 24021,", young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness",1 216331,"this Halloween is a gory slash-fest . It ca n't escape its past , and",0 10709,"standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull",0 176863,"tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither .",0 183968,"For a film that celebrates radical , nonconformist values , What to Do in Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking .",0 157911,"downright repellent",0 144552,"Combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the time , Beck seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest System of a Down video .",0 65835,"Gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways",1 164332,"just more of the same",0 14327,"Narc may not get an ` A ' for originality , but it wears its B-movie heritage like a badge of honor .",1 7178,"his parisian rebirth",1 228399,"after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock",0 52639,"his life drew to a close",0 79568,"fairly judge a film like RINGU when you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ) are worthwhile",1 54989,"n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s",1 181733,"A great script brought down by lousy direction .",0 34430,"maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies .",1 83919,"is a very good viewing alternative for young women .",1 168811,"perhaps ` artistically ' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by Joaquin Baca-Asay",0 229648,"can be made on the cheap",0 231367,"handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well",1 223318,"Fairly run-of-the-mill .",0 186970,"Rob Schneider , Dana Carvey and Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Philadelphia Story ? David Spade as Citizen Kane",0 104133,"All of the elements are in place for a great film noir",1 223700,"How can you charge money for this ? '",0 138889,"usual tear",1 60395,"with the affable cast",1 99122,"unsettling prognosis",1 172968,"that could possibly make them less interesting than they already are",0 169135,"potentially interesting subject",1 62848,"A classy , sprightly spin on film",1 100755,"wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look .",1 173379,"the Jerry Springer crowd",0 25819,"J . K . Rowling 's books",1 188518,"The pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and",0 85861,"leave your date",0 18969,"Intriguing",1 181856,"A movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated cross between Highlander and Lolita .",0 124219,"is likely to find compelling",1 220679,"'s a cheat .",0 221546,", such talent , such a wise \*\*\* .",0 73247,"adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .",1 145626,"Good Will Hunting trilogy",1 229172,"be doing something else far more pleasurable",0 35566,"off-the-cuff",1 39305,"to suck",0 17075,"refreshingly different slice",1 27558,"a good director",1 166045,"missed opportunity and trifle than dark , decadent truffle",0 120515,"for the movie 's failings",0 212519,"starts out like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable",0 134136,"that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast",0 128131,"not to be dismissed",1 553,"be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts",1 38708,"the terrific performances by Christopher Plummer , as the prime villain , and Nathan Lane as Vincent Crummles , the eccentric theater company manager",1 229363,"best actress",1 102986,", unforced",1 183680,"Enigma is well-made , but it 's just too dry and too placid .",0 90048,"parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances",1 221645,", this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .",0 144008,"Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly ,",0 198705,"feels as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director Nick Cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .",0 136794,"they could have been in a more ambitious movie",0 6796,"gives a good performance in a film that does n't merit it",0 103592,"A forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself",1 102373,", amusing , tender and heart-wrenching",1 101745,"'s lovely",1 180475,", a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .",0 109707,"The director and her capable cast",1 80424,"forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1 235854,"so distant",0 45883,"Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 1246,"humor",1 81141,"glaring and unforgettable .",1 212164,"some staggeringly boring cinema",0 122615,"humanize its subject",1 60140,"whit",1 71530,"a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements",1 30221,"close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",1 160629,"has all the actors reaching for the back row",0 184589,"I 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but",0 91775,"romantic comedy genre",1 185044,"It 's actually too sincere --",0 1487,"it sounds sick and twisted",0 144464,"Chokes on its own depiction",0 84768,"is to frighten and disturb",0 36940,"showcases",0 52804,"if the screenplay falls somewhat short",0 183553,"Does what should seem impossible",1 114555,"are beautifully",1 194230,"beacon of hope",1 228404,"again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .",0 213138,"takes every potential laugh",1 17708,"there are enough moments of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen .",1 1469,"it draws several decent laughs",1 227283,"You can taste it , but there 's no fizz",0 140020,"wit or innovation",1 131767,"saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops",0 51070,"earnestness",1 81684,"has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script",1 144453,"Chinese society or the price one pays for being dishonest .",0 225433,"Perry 's good and his is an interesting character",1 173953,"the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie",0 93543,"stooping",0 51583,"feeling a part of its grand locations",1 18229,"the snow games and lovable Siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog )",1 142071,", all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .",0 44975,"Crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance , music , suspense and action",1 2581,"the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes .",1 85244,"its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay",1 233252,"kicking undead \*\*\*",0 213963,"that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch",0 112076,"a guilty pleasure to watch",1 18597,"A thoughtful , moving piece that faces difficult issues with honesty and beauty .",1 48013,"a fascinating little thriller",1 226156,"The Pianist ( is ) a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life",1 181342,"... the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly , Scoob and Shag do n't eat enough during the film . '",0 141538,"'s played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up .",0 101743,"'s looking for",1 230507,"encouraging thought",1 208310,"offers little insight into the experience of being forty , female and single",0 179189,"you would end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it",0 223022,"Crikey",0 17259,"some great insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game",1 143747,"An often-deadly boring , strange reading of a classic whose witty dialogue is treated with a baffling casual approach",0 225639,"Robin Williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man in favour of an altogether darker side .",1 3977,"a model of what films",1 222680,"Brisk hack job .",0 83614,"intricate preciseness",1 197783,"emotional gravity",1 227805,"a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",1 112377,"a movie that is n't just offensive",0 91506,"repellent to fully endear itself to American art house audiences , but",1 130287,"plays as dramatic",1 179140,"you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 140504,"worthy and",1 206058,"merely bad rather than painfully awful",0 184716,"I suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it . If you go , pack your knitting needles .",0 88579,"of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 9481,"one man 's triumph",1 115237,"attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off",1 80995,"gets us",1 13296,"writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this",0 130147,"perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters ,",1 92500,"shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait",1 77326,"contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past",1 176553,"to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 164110,"its own quirky personality",1 162925,"is hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye are inherently funny",0 79184,"esoteric",1 104585,"Austin Powers in Goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end",1 221235,", `` Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .",1 188477,"The nonstop artifice",1 221766,"... Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , `` Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",0 32379,"have people walking out halfway through",0 168120,"on the grotesque",0 203042,"is just lazy",0 153474,"an outline for a role he still needs to grow into",0 130957,"racing to the rescue in the final reel",1 59594,"twists the best of technology around a gripping story ,",1 223712,"Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale , but",1 30215,"clever blend",1 213084,"tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 28820,"and surprises",1 39636,"unimpeachable",0 80533,"frequently funny thrill",1 125704,"lacks balance",0 142346,", might be all the more infuriating",0 84322,"is ingenious",1 66125,"I 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and I recommend it for its originality alone",1 214590,"the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .",0 228543,"an appealing couple -- he 's understated and sardonic",1 166551,"naptime",0 59119,"tics and",0 185862,"Looking For Leonard '' just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something .",0 85942,"let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best ,",1 67623,"More vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative",0 54369,"looking for something new",0 159393,"for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club",0 1396,"is so corny",0 71477,"a couple of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",1 110358,"There are things to like about Murder By Numbers --",1 145339,"Filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved , this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water .",0 225836,"So here it is : It 's about a family of sour immortals",0 148824,"Spy was an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies .",1 49301,"as mindless",0 56468,"refreshingly forthright one",1 138939,"veracity",1 140606,"writer-director Kurt Wimmer",1 103829,"A rather tired exercise in nostalgia .",0 141295,"'s disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script .",0 190127,"a bad imitation",0 33258,"is a refreshingly serious look at young women",1 187911,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious ,",0 82872,"in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion",1 58446,"the likes",1 75414,"become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking",1 96551,"the recording sessions are intriguing",1 24287,"A captivating cross-cultural comedy",1 234903,"peculiarly moral amorality",0 223722,"I 'll buy the Criterion DVD .",1 24602,"American road movies",1 111020,"What a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this is .",1 229842,"cleverer , better written and of considerable",1 48849,"among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 237303,"the unique way Shainberg",1 160698,"has made a film that makes previous vehicles look smart and sassy .",1 41786,"died a matter of weeks",0 78864,"embodies the transformation of his character",1 13439,"'s a hoot and a half , and a great way for the American people to see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech .",1 18275,"'s a vastness implied in Metropolis that is just breathtaking .",1 24327,"A deviant topical comedy which is funny from",1 153311,"an airless , prepackaged Julia Roberts wannabe",0 39912,"weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality",1 93856,"summer entertainment",1 9213,"of a great one",1 160036,"gets over its rather lopsided conception",0 30412,"cool , slick stuff",1 84040,"is as often imaginative as it is gory",1 47245,"The sentimental cliches",0 117032,"claustrophobic concept",0 25761,"It 's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth .",1 187437,"Some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , like Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever , were made for the palm screen .",0 229950,"confused , and totally disorientated",0 60031,"well-established",1 83997,"is an extraordinary film , not least",1 195772,"cliche pileup",0 220023,"worst comedy",0 188387,"The movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though ,",0 48344,"a roaring success",1 193933,"bad action-movie line",0 181957,"A rip-off twice removed",0 153416,"an important documentary about stand-up comedy",1 224080,"Intriguing and stylish",1 81567,"hard to stop watching",1 50525,"covers a lot of ground , perhaps too much , but ties things together , neatly , by the end",1 80806,"funny and human and really",1 65894,"Handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy .",1 157903,"downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement",0 152590,"a theater full of people constantly checking their watches",0 211479,"should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad",0 132926,"someone , stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film .",0 228650,"and mawkish dialogue",0 48699,"adrenalized",1 108645,"Road to Perdition does display greatness , and",1 32041,"gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast",1 164518,"lacking in chills",0 166306,"most fail miserably",0 61156,"'s no surprise that as a director Washington demands and receives excellent performances ,",1 204097,"it would still be beyond comprehension",0 116922,"cheery and tranquil",1 34186,"locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat .",0 16256,"is fun",1 143414,"A very depressing movie of many missed opportunities .",0 96071,"the lustrous polished visuals",1 79426,"excites the imagination and",1 99030,"unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn",1 67548,"Michael Moore 's latest documentary about America 's thirst for violence is his best film yet ...",1 176537,"to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal",0 216247,"they see in each other also is difficult to fathom",0 237238,"the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity",0 133006,"somewhere lies ... footage that might have made No Such Thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .",0 98231,"to ponder the whole notion of passion",1 196954,"dim-witted and lazy",0 235782,"sit back , relax",1 137809,"to restore ( Harmon ) to prominence , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience .",1 14366,"Painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances .",1 43319,"'s so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",1 221155,", I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .",0 198460,"fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .",0 229724,"capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark",1 125469,"jokester highway patrolmen",1 59611,"ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation .",1 178104,"where people in hotel hallways recite poetry in voice-over instead of speaking to each other",0 218034,"ugly as the shabby digital photography",0 114817,"as a joint promotion for the National Basketball Association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy Lil ' Bow Wow",0 109981,"The most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine .",0 53082,"inherent conflict",0 99182,"ups",1 120395,"for both children and parents",1 23246,"( T ) his beguiling Belgian fable",1 57598,"takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence",1 78814,"elegante",1 15007,"and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it",1 169579,"quite like the grinding of bad ideas",0 205108,"like the standard made-for-TV movie",0 97389,"this engaging mix",1 171472,"so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense",0 194046,"be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated",0 15909,"goodness",1 103185,"... a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that I ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here .",0 140147,"with her actors",1 16196,"invigorating",1 37633,"teaches good ethics while entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but loving family",1 185779,"Like leafing through an album of photos",0 82705,"immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and",1 57423,"structured and",1 197525,"dreary , humorless soap opera",0 63904,"An infinitely wittier version of the Home Alone formula .",1 99158,"up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking",1 221379,", indescribably bad",0 116467,"by the time it 's done with us , Mira Nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over",1 233926,"more entertaining , too",1 177327,"us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas",1 227272,"You begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain .",0 31277,"eventual success",1 203389,"is shallow , offensive and redundant",0 195682,"chore",0 89150,"of those films that aims to confuse",0 79897,"film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure",1 196884,"deviant behaviour",0 198013,"especially fit for the kiddies",1 209006,"pack raw dough in my ears",0 55050,"new and ingenious",1 227596,"`` Spider-Man '' certainly delivers the goods",1 49274,"as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats",1 1983,"our emotions",1 57,"'s savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year",1 139939,"will once again be an honest and loving one",1 7419,"in conflict with itself",0 94023,"sweet and sexy",1 198273,"exceptionally good idea",1 100447,"with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .",0 114470,"apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 22806,"will win you over",1 234167,"none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal '' ,",0 2597,"the film 's lamer",0 48951,"an incredibly layered and stylistic film",1 165920,"might even praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic",1 221307,", consistently funny .",1 98029,"to enter and accept another world",1 230711,"falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 209709,"pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious",0 146057,"I found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie .",0 211788,"slightly wised-up kids",1 93045,"solid , psychological action film",1 91225,"realize your mind is being blown",1 115914,"better movie experience",1 195315,"called a solid success ,",1 114257,"and mordantly humorous",1 213719,"that it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 124453,"is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0 145726,"Hart 's War , like the St . Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .",0 210626,"romantic/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .",0 126178,"lines , the impressive stagings of hardware",1 35573,"offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding",1 62066,", joyous romp of a film .",1 2261,"shockingly devoid",0 112353,"a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers",0 189696,"While the material is slight , the movie is better than you might think .",1 187912,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy",0 148418,"Schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character",0 89339,"old-world charm",1 118315,"disappointed by a movie in a long time",0 123460,"intellectual and",1 38058,"the cast and director Stephen Herek 's polished direction",1 233694,"makes the movie work -- to an admittedly limited extent -- is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers",1 121102,"getting to the truly good stuff",1 14235,"Like most Bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike .",0 222403,"Any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes .",0 33306,"is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero",1 165887,"microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy .",0 78085,"devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury",1 28789,"and she is backed by a likable cast .",1 9039,"never quite",0 29223,"as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be .",0 173737,"the director is a magician",1 173467,"the amateurishness",0 76445,"career-best performances",1 70048,"The year 's greatest adventure , and Jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate",1 111553,"a big heart",1 63765,"Although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .",1 37511,"surprisingly appealing",1 157018,"critical distance and a sad trust",0 158804,"falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 114001,"an entertaining movie",1 192896,"any film more challenging or depressing",0 163013,"is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water .",0 76027,"builds its multi-character story with a flourish",1 172153,"studiously avoids provoking thought",0 121475,"grows thin soon",0 14514,"The tenderness of the piece",1 177514,"visual clarity",1 29290,"at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents",1 74846,"as you remember .",1 128568,"of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically",1 113121,"about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",1 220242,"you 're not fans of the adventues of Steve and Terri",0 35836,"out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes",1 226575,"There are moments in this account of the life of artist Frida Kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year .",1 181195,"-- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 4609,"an agonizing",0 91259,"reassuringly familiar",1 8897,"movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics",0 164716,"left sitting in the sun",1 146259,"Imagine a really bad community theater production of West Side Story",0 169189,"predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing",0 215596,"the shadowy lighting",1 71955,"a masterpeice",1 44358,"About a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers , it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological .",1 121181,"gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator David Presson",1 182819,"Blade II has a brilliant director and charismatic star , but it suffers from rampant vampire devaluation",1 127809,"nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion",1 32884,"in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 51231,"enjoyable 100 minutes",1 235112,"pull out all the stops",1 17857,"together his slasher video from spare parts",0 177526,"visually unattractive",0 101468,"'s ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles",1 37995,"the antidote",1 233181,"its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",0 5473,"celebrated",1 29101,"around his screenplay 's sappier elements",0 205067,"like it probably will enjoy themselves",1 31530,"favored",1 89194,"of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 146011,"I can easily imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial . Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings .",1 78970,"endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",0 93514,"still has a sense of his audience",1 153494,"an unapologetic mess",0 135910,"the only possible complaint you could have about Spirited Away is that there is no rest period , no timeout",1 160584,"harnesses to full effect the energetic cast",1 51221,"enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious",1 232681,"is one of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .",1 231403,"has about 3\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0 233641,"make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and",0 212723,"studiously inoffensive",0 62844,"A chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness",1 35312,"of justice",1 37568,"take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages .",1 158026,"dull , pretentious version",0 85188,"its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",0 186543,"One fantastic ( and educational ) documentary .",1 82559,"humor wry",1 13216,"witty dialogue",1 192615,"an odd show",0 133464,"stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",0 99020,"unexplainable pain",0 58170,"the creation of an extraordinary piece of music",1 23128,"'s fun",1 127446,"most intelligent viewers",1 94843,"that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed",1 22917,"you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 111110,"While it is interesting to witness the conflict from the Palestinian side , Longley 's film lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .",0 100873,"works well enough to make it worth watching",1 210985,"see her Esther blossom as an actress",1 30123,"cheap-looking",0 178805,"works and qualifies as cool at times , but",1 13723,"15-cent stump speech",0 168793,"perfectly enjoyable ,",1 234090,"never growing old",1 213614,"that even he seems embarrassed to be part of",0 84185,"is extraordinary .",1 20480,"epics",1 27292,"You 'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and possibly , watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear .",1 180925,", some of it is honestly affecting",1 104014,"A whale of a good time for both children and parents",1 180861,", one would hope for the best",1 50752,"delivers more goodies than lumps of coal .",1 169120,"possibly the worst film",0 20339,"daring , inventive and impressive",1 120446,"for large-scale action and suspense",1 139810,"whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone",1 157764,"does n't go far enough",0 212096,"some fine sex onscreen ,",1 225469,"Plus , like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall !",1 129871,"overkill to the highest degree",0 48899,"an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1 84065,"is better than ` Shindler 's List '",1 188759,"The type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the ( teen comedy ) genre a bad name .",0 194894,"bounces around with limp wrists",0 222092,"A story about intelligent high school",1 158733,"fading",0 134924,"the bland animation and",0 184806,"If routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .",0 4078,"a renowned",1 184172,"Go Where We Went 8 Movies Ago",1 130909,"quietly inspirational",1 35382,"of relaxing around old friends",1 233540,"loose , unaccountable direction",0 16513,"lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts .",1 83056,"in tact",1 125244,"its excellent storytelling , its economical",1 27766,"a ravishing consciousness-raiser , if a bit draggy at times",0 196176,"continuity errors",0 46380,"Old",0 96438,"the potential success",1 225231,"Notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , I 'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal ,",1 185392,"Its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore",0 190970,"a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily",0 5084,"becoming irritating",0 171705,"soon grows tiresome",0 218354,"uselessly redundant and",0 21856,"represented , both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 205753,"making piffle for a long while",0 15384,"catchy songs",1 173764,"the dreams of youth",1 117182,"come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy",1 8896,"movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time",1 68285,"Provides the kind of ` laugh",1 239046,"would subtlety be lost on the target audience",0 188444,"The movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension",0 23260,"( it ) finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor .",1 133502,"sub-formulaic",0 121372,"governmental odds",1 101931,"'s still unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror .",1 24281,"A byzantine melodrama",1 121073,"gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record",1 196718,"delivers the same old bad trip",0 149947,"The truth is that The Truth About Charlie gets increasingly tiresome .",0 233082,"it proves surprisingly serviceable",1 77364,"convincing intelligence",1 208257,"off his game",0 75071,"available",1 9783,"politics",0 75832,"both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters",1 17228,"snappy screenplay",1 203686,"is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .",0 179585,"'s a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale .",0 43415,"( Jones ) calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .",1 201744,"in Reno . '' Go",1 33323,"is as powerful a set of evidence as you 'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives .",1 102297,", Madonna gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game .",1 1886,"of artistic collaboration",1 39845,"warm but realistic meditation",1 56802,"seems so real",1 94910,"that the plot makes no sense",0 155747,"by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once",0 162248,"inspire me",1 100905,"would be consigned to the dustbin of history",0 222048,"A major waste ... generic",0 74889,"astonishingly vivid",1 81962,"he 's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer .",1 82768,"impressive achievement",1 115115,"assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic ,",1 171399,"so crass",0 127157,"missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",0 144020,"Bad and baffling from the get-go",0 21146,"its many infuriating flaws -- not the least of which is Amy 's self-absorbed personality --",0 146145,"I weep for the future when a good portion of the respected critical community in this country consider Blue Crush to be an intelligent film about young women .",0 155541,"bubbly romantic comedy",1 160814,"have been better off dead",0 143993,"B-flick",0 152576,"a tasty performance",1 217181,"to lowly studio hack",0 25200,"El Bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance .",1 45205,"Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond .",1 70362,"Though it 's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess .",1 195867,"cold movie",0 222466,"As quiet , patient and tenacious as Mr. Lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline .",1 146216,"If this is the Danish idea of a good time , prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps .",0 4365,"abundant",1 64423,"Bolstered by exceptional performances and",1 144623,"Coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit .",0 222196,"Adults will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized .",0 85325,"its oh-so-Hollywood rejiggering and",0 143316,"A sensual performance from Abbass buoys the flimsy story",1 169365,"projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , David Arquette .",0 203001,"is in the right place",1 185618,"Kim Ki-Deok seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested .",0 151249,"` uplifting '",1 59232,"to expertly drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer",1 221984,"A depressing confirmation of everything those of us who do n't object to the description `` unelected '' have suspected all along : George W. Bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide .",0 119781,"far-fetched",0 66274,"If you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus",1 118711,"drawing flavorful performances from bland actors",1 220162,"written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors",0 139101,"vivid with color , music and life .",1 180939,", stupid and pointless",0 16850,"or exhilarate you",1 59542,"triteness",0 122831,"improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor",1 109616,"The big-screen Scooby makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison .",0 193998,"barely adequate babysitter",0 40113,"will encourage others to stand up and applaud",1 20839,"humor and touching nostalgia",1 102525,", fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian .",0 6998,"has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death",0 214609,"the film is static",0 184928,"Indecent",0 41258,"The film delivers not just the full assault of Reno 's immense wit and insight , but",1 226362,"The movie is about as deep as that sentiment .",0 124600,"is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything .",0 137006,"this movie makes one thing perfectly clear",1 70107,"There are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe :",1 238279,"us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced",1 35355,"of over-the-top love",1 154578,"badly drawn",0 103633,"A gripping documentary that reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn Jerusalem .",1 43179,"'s a technically superb film , shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team",1 3640,"a cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 20732,"has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews --",1 3185,"with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie",1 181029,", the writing is indifferent , and Jordan Brady 's direction is prosaic .",0 30704,"demands repeated viewings .",1 60546,"you , you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it",1 132192,"settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs",1 33539,"is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant .",0 66783,"It will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster .",1 57559,"swill",0 146086,"I kept wishing I was watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha .",0 84705,"is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .",1 203902,"it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump",0 178833,"worshipful than your random E ! True Hollywood Story",0 104295,"An engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line .",1 22573,"too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight",0 62555,"... a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions",1 50143,"cheap , B movie way",0 231448,"has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler",0 196740,"demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged",0 86022,"like RINGU when you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ) are worthwhile",1 145375,"Flat ,",0 27957,"a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it",1 215664,"the stamina",1 159410,"for cryin '",1 83149,"in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice",1 17952,"uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 206,"a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from",0 186743,"Poor Ben Bratt could n't find stardom if MapQuest emailed him point-to-point driving directions .",0 188199,"The film is so packed with subplots involving the various Silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film .",0 136296,"the source material movie",1 108765,"Satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time .",1 59597,"two best films",1 100452,"with an elegance and maturity",1 206478,"more than she can handle",0 149175,"The Weight of Water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire , but this leaky script barely stays afloat",0 26532,"Scorsese 's best in more than a decade",1 47481,"Tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists ,",1 64476,"Brims with passion",1 12627,"ultimately succumbs",0 224597,"Less a movie than",0 211864,"smeary and",0 145371,"Flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey .",0 21256,"love with its own cleverness",1 44168,"A moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , Solaris",1 165952,"mighty",1 186189,"Most of the dialogue made me want to pack raw dough in my ears .",0 36517,"resolutely dramatic",1 109034,"Soderbergh , like Kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .",1 183211,"Costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as Shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink Laurence Olivier",0 233449,"like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance .",0 188984,"This is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots : whether or not their friendship is salvaged",0 23058,"'s a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi .",1 20977,"invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 117287,"coming through in the end",1 131686,"runaway success",1 178854,"would be better as a diary or documentary",0 91243,"really solid performances",1 176612,"too evident",0 210231,"reasonably good time",1 209635,"predecible",0 176582,"too amateurish",0 51295,"epic battle scenes",1 36787,"self-deprecating",0 103411,"A baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows falls flat , and if you 're going to alter the Bard 's ending , you 'd better have a good alternative .",0 151928,"a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence )",0 117448,"consistently funny . And educational",1 29542,"believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater",1 112321,"a middle-aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor sounds promising",1 81870,"have done a fine job of updating White 's dry wit to a new age .",1 157713,"does display an original talent",1 65092,"Director Paul Cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing Nijinsky 's diaries is both stimulating and demanding .",1 205659,"make for a bad film",0 50901,"distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies",1 147271,"Ludicrous '",0 146750,"It takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson all in the same movie .",0 12213,"this stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror .",0 117709,"credible compassion",1 228344,"acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .",1 18613,"AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action ,",1 67617,"More than simply a portrait",1 120072,"filmmakers copy the '' Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes",0 130411,"poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad ,",0 39742,"utmost subtlety and perception",1 91093,"rare documentary",1 181805,"A loud , witless mess",0 78755,"educates viewers with words and pictures",1 121673,"has a tired , talky feel",0 52549,"held my interest from start",1 39852,"warmly extend your arms",1 122499,"hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated",1 158999,"feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding .",0 111595,"a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair",1 103746,"A muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much",0 29212,"as one of the most important stories",1 73687,"an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .",1 49713,"bewildering",0 163322,"is so charmless and vacant",0 14567,"Treasure Planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .",0 145951,"I 'm not suggesting that you actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s .",0 15807,"for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space",1 203703,"is without intent .",0 124689,"is the opposite of a truly magical movie",0 89117,"of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes",1 36614,"romantic thriller",1 146396,"It 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 126674,"makes for a riveting movie experience",1 67247,"Like a child with an important message to tell ...",1 198335,"expect more from director Michael Apted ( Enigma ) and screenwriter Nicholas Kazan ( Reversal of Fortune ) than this cliche pileup .",0 51482,"fairly slow",0 29157,"as a visual treat",1 188507,"The origin story is well told , and",1 84121,"is deadpan",0 52548,"held my interest",1 4071,"a real winner",1 115466,"be as entertaining",1 79653,"fantasized",1 230157,"derive from this choppy and sloppy affair",0 43485,", Safe Conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .",1 230039,"creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light",1 17439,"that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story",0 128218,"obscure this movie 's lack of ideas",0 219491,"will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children",0 70092,"There 's nothing like love to give a movie a B-12 shot , and",1 109674,"The complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary Chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen is like nothing we Westerners have seen before .",1 139469,"well used",1 165988,"mindless XXX mold",0 58299,"the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations",1 21929,"self-assured directorial debut",1 141519,"'s one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions .",0 37196,"sparklingly inventive and artful",1 209044,"paper-thin supporting characters",0 110445,"This flat run at a hip-hop Tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines .",0 112578,"a rating of zero",0 150481,"Too stagey , talky -- and long -- for its own good .",0 30070,"celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wallop .",1 40850,"Desta vez , Columbus capturou o pomo de ouro",1 55725,"on a land most Westerners are unfamiliar with",0 148517,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M . Night Shyamalan movie",1 206276,"moderately amusing",1 227877,"a dull girl",0 71931,"a lovely , eerie film",1 45127,"Efficient ,",1 199488,"freakshow",0 16304,"it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick",1 151799,"a giant furry monster costume",0 24742,"At its best , The Good Girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery ...",1 216091,"there 's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction",1 195529,"catches the chaotic horror",1 223650,"Highly engaging .",1 107055,"It seems impossible that an epic four-hour Indian musical about a cricket game could be this good",1 198500,"faltering half-step",0 112426,"a nomination for a best-foreign-film Oscar",1 49752,"black-and-white psychedelia",1 30205,"clear of reminding yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 193877,"avert our eyes",0 61975,", intelligence and verve",1 81874,"have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense .",1 78304,"distaste",0 223952,"If you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer .",1 29906,"by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 97205,"there are also some startling , surrealistic moments",1 217125,"to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release",0 231484,"has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man in favour of an altogether darker side .",1 196107,"confines himself to shtick and sentimentality --",0 46817,"Stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise ,",1 94913,"that the theme does n't drag an audience down",1 160044,"gets the once-over once again",0 84926,"it 's not an easy movie to watch and will probably disturb many who see it",0 84937,"it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",1 120856,"funny , smart , visually inventive , and",1 142307,", it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .",0 93456,"starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel",1 120510,"for the last 15 minutes",0 54245,"like a sucker",0 185123,"It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles ,",1 66595,"It 's no surprise that as a director Washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer Derek Luke .",1 6469,"fessenden 's horror trilogy",0 158658,"experiences Mr . Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",0 79015,"engrossing film",1 87013,"memorable and resourceful performances",1 231514,"hastily and",0 23692,", intelligent , romantic and rapturous",1 208088,"of the intelligent , well-made B movie",1 212121,"some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of Jordan",0 178867,"would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 124732,"is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things",0 78404,"does a great combination act as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history",1 198232,"everything you 'd expect -- but nothing more",0 31991,"gathers plenty of dramatic momentum",1 238081,"torture device .",0 11050,"that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please",0 12037,"the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise .",1 234456,"of love , family and all that",1 142367,", no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it .",0 91253,"reasonably attractive",1 2586,"the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age",0 221,"a particularly toxic",0 117598,"could take me back to a time before I saw this movie",0 130126,"perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters",1 178276,"whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 125891,"leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject",0 95632,"the film , directed by Joel Zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .",1 73289,"affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship",1 183867,"Fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and",1 87136,"mind-bending",1 164533,"lacks everything except good intentions",0 201635,"images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",0 3824,"a good human being",1 25381,"Funny",1 82237,"his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words ,",1 21976,"skillful little horror film",1 186574,"One of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time .",0 177258,"unsophisticated",0 120823,"fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",1 135666,"the long list of renegade-cop tales",0 93539,"stoked",1 208314,"offers opportunities for occasional smiles and",1 217747,"transparent attempts",0 77940,"delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away",1 152140,"a muddled and offensive cautionary tale",0 166031,"misogynistic piece",0 118719,"dreadfully earnest inversion",0 176400,"to skip , even for horror movie fanatics",0 223301,"Exciting documentary .",1 169845,"reduce the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold ! The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic",0 92012,"screenplay to keep the film entertaining",1 153949,"are sunk by all the sanctimony",0 188966,"This film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own .",0 124491,"is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller .",1 113764,"also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end",1 225190,"Not even Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow .",0 111860,"a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy",0 202488,"is ( Cattaneo ) sophomore slump .",0 132979,"sometimes beautiful adaptation",1 158922,"feel uneasy , even queasy , because ( Solondz 's ) cool compassion",0 114665,"are reflected in almost every scene",1 81411,"gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in",1 62971,"A fascinating , unnerving examination",1 222979,"Collateral Damage is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \/ 11 , an antique , in the end .",0 135311,"the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire",0 4598,"an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",1 62781,"A beautifully",1 217848,"truly edgy --",1 11285,"the devastation of this disease",0 37495,"sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",0 238469,"watch Snatch again",1 53030,"in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances",1 29644,"blundering",0 107529,"Lots of effort and intelligence are on display",1 221748,"-- in the title role --",1 127565,"movie fun",1 18544,"... but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty .",1 84852,"it 's a movie that gets under your skin",1 61763,", and rousing",1 161012,"he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 9319,"of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary",1 198988,"fish-out-of-water gag",0 21149,"its myriad flaws",0 141189,"'s all pretty cynical and condescending ,",0 2611,"the guilty",0 90423,"plotless , shapeless",0 94738,"that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",1 96936,"the underdog sports team formula redux",0 8507,"listen to extremist name-calling ,",0 393,"an engaging story",1 191010,"a movie with depth",1 29983,"can be snide",0 123309,"incredibly thoughtful",1 34669,"most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads",1 203673,"is way , way off .",0 115339,"bad prose",0 189640,"When the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year , you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .",0 171027,"shown poor judgment in planning to marry Ben Affleck",0 22718,"warmth and vitality",1 209971,"puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery",0 106820,"It 's a testament to De Niro and director Michael Caton-Jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all .",1 229084,"avoid the Godzilla",0 210173,"reality drain",0 43860,"... demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun ...",1 193177,"are sexy",1 14505,"The movie 's ripe , enrapturing beauty",1 149688,"The overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy",0 71979,"a mess in a lot of ways . But it does have one saving grace . A lot of its gags",0 33223,"is a film that will have people walking out halfway through",0 36059,"poignant , the film",1 62134,", oozing , chilling and heart-warming",1 188091,"The entire film is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another . About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal .",0 152671,"a waterlogged equivalent",0 135499,"the heart soar . Yes , soar",1 98980,"underrated professionals",1 24357,"A great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh . Tim Story 's not there yet - but ` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way .",1 81263,"goofiest stuff",1 210514,"reveal nothing about who he is or who he was before",0 16749,"of imagery and hypnotic music",1 6116,"earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy",0 200229,"grievous",0 11605,"the marquis de sade could n't have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be .",0 81423,"growing up that we do n't see often enough these days",1 96158,"the most affecting depictions of a love affair",1 50529,"covers the same period as Kaufmann 's '' Quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results .",1 162956,"is itself a sort of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very , very low",0 164476,"know what 's coming",0 3986,"a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence",1 226198,"The beautiful images and solemn words",1 56243,"provides an honest look",1 63113,"A heroic tale",1 230454,"dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad .",0 51985,"fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller",1 94348,"terrorism",0 62058,", it succeeds .",1 40315,"witty follow-up .",1 41547,"an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed",1 181352,"... you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already .",0 160990,"he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",0 62041,", it is a great film .",1 106214,"Her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks .",1 140001,"winning shot",1 176416,"to spoil things",0 87296,"more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice",1 198053,"evaded",0 68697,"Seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as Happiness was ... Hence , Storytelling is far more appealing .",1 107918,"My precious new Star Wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag ...",0 119057,"ending surprise",1 212283,"spat out",1 30155,"chilling but quite human Berling",1 56847,"sensual delights and simmering violence",1 47295,"The weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough .",1 215107,"the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons",0 140078,"with a sickening thud",0 160268,"good reason",1 52543,"hedonistic",0 40642,"A compelling ,",1 22999,"'ll love this documentary",1 53833,"it is effective .",1 100841,"works beautifully as a movie",1 24852,"Bloody Sunday connects on a visceral level that transcends language .",1 49130,"are amiable and committed",1 50020,"can practically see the Hollywood ` suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake",0 221294,", but to diminishing effect",0 77783,"debts",0 103476,"A clever script",1 37250,"sporting a breezy spontaneity",1 167306,"of a novel",0 176415,"to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes",0 171410,"so exploitative in its violence",0 22257,"the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving",1 45428,"Happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .",1 58454,"the lively , convincing dialogue",1 140145,"with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 185915,"Lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) ,",1 168717,"passed as slowly as if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo",0 169736,"real reason to see it",1 169139,"potentially terrific flick",1 88502,"of critical overkill",0 228838,"are quite admirable",1 52855,"impressive and",1 231244,"goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl",1 14070,"Guaranteed",1 219343,"who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 163363,"is so stale , in fact",0 53294,"is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while .",1 46728,"She allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .",1 201727,"in European markets , where Mr . Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution",1 234811,"out there !",1 165435,"made it dull , lifeless , and irritating",0 214898,"the kind of movie Toback 's detractors always accuse him of making",0 206537,"most poorly staged",0 15748,"fascinating film",1 78666,"duly impressive in IMAX dimensions",1 60952,"'s as crisp and to the point",1 159657,"frequently maintains the same snail 's pace",0 183443,"Director George Hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place",0 155548,"buffoonery can tickle many a preschooler 's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $ 40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ?",0 120555,"forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions",0 157437,"difficult to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing",0 31756,"for director Sam Mendes , who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand",1 162977,"is just too dialed-up to be America 's Sweetheart .",0 146303,"In its best moments",1 4367,"abysmally pathetic",0 62930,"A delightful entree in the tradition",1 133651,"support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick",0 64425,"Bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness .",1 3727,"a difficult time",0 154669,"be a total winner",1 70016,"The urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks ,",1 231110,"genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout",1 147562,"Murder By Numbers is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie -",0 193556,"as predictable as the tides",0 126135,"like such a bore",0 235414,"rushed , slapdash",0 131310,"remains vividly in memory long",1 35743,"open-endedness and surprises",1 80446,"forgets to make it entertaining",0 75327,"be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made",1 158822,"family tragedy",0 187608,"Stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . Yep , it 's '' Waking up in Reno . '' Go back to sleep .",0 85078,"it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .",1 160342,"great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi",0 130014,"pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and Farenheit 451",0 201012,"helped give a spark to '' Chasing Amy '' and '' Changing Lanes ''",1 151069,"Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous and Kate 's jealous female friends become downright despicable",0 45756,"It 's somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced -- but its story about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities offers a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way .",0 60862,"'s a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas .",1 44460,"An artful , intelligent film that",1 149269,"The character of ZigZag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him .",0 206231,"miserable and smug . This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year",0 222316,"An overstylized , puréed mélange",0 9189,"numbs",0 190762,"a hole in the head",0 69989,"The sword fighting is well done and",1 164125,"its punchy style promises",1 128094,"not be a breakthrough in filmmaking",0 148598,"Simplistic fluff-ball of whimsy",0 44488,"An exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir , Minority Report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",1 231463,"has no character , loveable or otherwise",0 160229,"going to make people laugh",1 154987,"been plundered by similar works featuring the insight",0 203110,"is more a case of ` Sacre bleu ! ' than ` Magnifique ' .",0 122588,"huge gap",0 105533,"Drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism",1 196169,"content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",0 210545,"ride around a pretty tattered old carousel",0 219870,"without a glimmer of intelligence or invention",0 61237,"'s remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .",1 175175,"there 's still a real sense that the Star Trek tradition has been honored as best it can",1 91305,"recommend the film",1 189654,"Where the film falters is in its tone .",0 90439,"poignant comedy",1 138918,"variable",1 236872,"the film 's power",1 39272,"to say about what is important in life and why",1 44203,"A poignant and compelling story about relationships , Food of Love",1 198985,"first-time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 121689,"has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate",1 235788,"sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not",1 129578,"one of those rare remakes",1 104318,"An extremely unpleasant film",0 53096,"innuendo",0 138286,"traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 149391,"The film contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when Carvey 's Saturday Night Live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment .",0 53056,"inconsistent",0 46453,"Oscar-sweeping",1 94768,"that make Williams sink into melancholia",0 273,"a stirring",1 185603,"Ki-Deok",1 104365,"An old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarely make anymore .",1 187156,"Scorsese 's Mean Streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot",0 188839,"There 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , Jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects .",0 24670,"Anchored",1 62886,"A creepy , intermittently powerful study",1 11858,"the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon ... is so pat it makes your teeth hurt",0 114497,"appear foolish and shallow",0 6914,"had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded",0 112358,"a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much",0 139547,"what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre",1 180698,", instantly disposable",0 112936,"a trend long overdue",1 65199,"Drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but Turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst .",1 207064,"no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance )",0 218628,"walked away not really know who '' they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care .",0 143119,"A gob of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized ditties will retch it up like rancid crème brûlée .",0 202992,"is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than The Grey Zone",0 92307,"serene , the humor wry and sprightly",1 114655,"are potent",1 175680,"thriller as impersonal in its relentlessness as the videogame series that inspired it .",0 119866,"feel like time fillers between surf shots .",0 131028,"rather tired",0 9203,"observant , often touching ...",1 111067,"What you expect is just what you get ... assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height .",0 196184,"contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible",0 122689,"if encouraging return",1 108107,"Off the Hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director Adam Watstein with finishing it at all .",0 196429,"credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects",0 99356,"very little sense to what 's going on here",0 112175,"a kind of Ghandi gone bad",0 20980,"involving true story",1 141065,"'re watching a 76-minute commercial",0 212768,"stymied by accents thick as mud .",0 177651,"was given free reign over this project",1 125928,"less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and",1 43173,"'s a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .",1 228393,"afraid of the bad reviews",0 62623,"10 minutes into the film you 'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away .",1 33186,"inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement .",1 222661,"Both lead performances are Oscar-size .",1 165550,"makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",0 132222,"sexist or mean-spirited",0 221623,", there is little else to recommend `` Never Again . ''",0 92370,"severe flaws",0 10265,"savvy director robert j .",1 39371,"together they are magnificent",1 66760,"It might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home",0 196383,"crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz",0 41422,"a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur and",0 175588,"this wretched work falls flat in just about every conceivable area .",0 218308,"upbeat ending",1 111114,"While maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity , this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among Wiseman 's warmest .",1 121220,"glorified sitcom",0 97357,"this an eminently engrossing film",1 234216,"nothing less than a provocative piece of work",1 196219,"convince me that Calvin Jr . 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side",0 228126,"a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half",0 150527,"Trying to figure out the rules of the Country Bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax Einstein 's brain .",0 213492,"that 's shapeless and uninflected",0 18383,", but it does n't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story .",0 148888,"Stuffy",0 55857,"otherwise excellent film",1 200637,"has solid acting and a neat premise",1 54284,"literary desecrations",0 196849,"despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .",1 44236,"A sensitive , moving ,",1 144276,"Broken",0 204661,"lacks the charisma and ability",0 126830,"marvelous performance",1 210171,"realistic human behavior of an episode of General Hospital",1 207426,"of Fire ? lazily and glumly",0 126750,"manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun .",1 221796,"... breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . '",1 13132,"with heart and humor",1 101868,"'s real visual charge to the filmmaking",1 174682,"the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material",0 179335,"'' suck",0 49830,"brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing",1 142236,", indulgent and pretentious",0 102143,"( The film ) tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",1 41242,"The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do ,",1 187335,"Slackers ' jokey approach to college education",0 132049,"seen this summer",1 94461,"thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering",1 146076,"I highly recommend Irwin , but",1 178753,"wonder , ` What 's the point ?",0 48123,"a juicy soap opera",1 60247,"will never happen again",0 54765,"mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn .",1 103470,"A charming and funny story of clashing cultures and a clashing mother\/daughter relationship",1 116184,"breaking new ground",1 223566,"Handled correctly , Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .",1 111892,"a few movie moment gems",1 219950,"word ` dog '",0 122913,"in a stunning fusion of music and images",1 18525,"-- whatever that might mean",0 57205,"something wrong",0 28632,"and hate -- about the movie biz",0 139627,"where story is almost an afterthought",0 20733,"has just the right amount of charisma and menace",1 6575,"for all of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture ,",1 6891,"grounded",1 141176,"'s about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it",0 233755,"mawkish dialogue",0 98879,"ultimate blame",0 49147,"are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .",1 147234,"Looks and feels like a project better suited for the small screen .",0 195192,"by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept",0 5613,"clunky tv-movie",0 71378,"a charismatic charmer",1 169613,"rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces",0 9577,"overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore",0 203092,"is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 15587,"done right",1 164420,"kids ' TV",1 100578,"with originality , humour and pathos",1 230690,"exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble",1 187876,"The Sum Of All Fears",0 165702,"masala mess",0 191162,"a rain coat shopping for cheap porn",0 80921,"genuine rather than pandering",1 180122,"( Cattaneo ) sophomore slump",0 188908,"These self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation .",0 210178,"realized that I just did n't care",0 172250,"such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business",0 50912,"disturbing , yet compelling",1 158411,"even , at times , preposterous )",0 92965,"so lovely toward the end",1 106163,"Has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be",0 158470,"even worse than its title",0 195922,"come off as pantomimesque sterotypes",0 182019,"A sour attempt at making a Farrelly Brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female",0 2671,"the movie is loaded with good intentions ,",1 8989,"narcissism",0 12625,"ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies",0 56968,"shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today .",1 1673,"majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident .",1 148956,"Sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the least of which is Rebecca Romijn-Stamos .",0 151910,"a joke about Hawn 's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them",0 145242,"Extreme Oops - oops , ops , no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it .",0 133468,"stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold",0 57989,"the Sally Jesse Raphael atmosphere of films like Philadelphia and American Beauty",1 124114,"is high on squaddie banter",0 210273,"rediscovers his passion in life",1 69002,"Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious",1 29131,"as Frida and ... a star-making project",1 225222,"Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me .",0 21781,"provocatuers Testud and Parmentier give superlative performances",1 166166,"more depressed",0 142411,", repetitive",0 151257,"a 2002 audience",0 6093,"drowned me",0 217889,"trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed",0 63956,"An undeniably moving film to experience , and",1 204834,"left slightly disappointed",0 128920,"of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors",0 176599,"too clunky",0 220694,"'s a fun one .",1 89549,"one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen",1 7046,"have two words to say about reign of fire . great dragons",1 26440,"Reign",1 115875,"bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago",0 46021,"Like Mike is n't interested in recycling old cliches . It wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor .",1 123381,"infrequently breathtaking",1 203775,"it 's lousy",0 239202,"you turn stupid",0 83710,"is ... very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes .",1 216140,"there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .",0 225761,"She is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain ,",1 62316,", then They works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .",1 96485,"the production is suitably elegant",1 99726,"we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching .",1 184137,"Get out your pooper-scoopers .",0 34436,"mean streak",0 1417,"is this love or is it masochism ? binoche makes it interesting trying to find out .",1 33717,"it successfully showcases the passions of both the director and novelist Byatt .",1 238418,"warm .",1 140530,"would be terrific to read about",1 155461,"break the audience 's awkward silence",0 192868,"another tired old vision",0 149726,"The piquant story",1 26385,"Pretty darn good , despite its smarty-pants aura .",1 99706,"we 'd live in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve",1 43120,"'re a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .",1 49622,"before you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 112117,"a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane",1 146554,"It 's not just the vampires that are damned in Queen of the Damned",0 202864,"is disappointing",0 135202,"the exception of McCoist , the players do n't have a clue on the park .",0 23729,", it surprised me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version .",1 192598,"an interested detachment",1 1691,"manages sweetness largely without stickiness",1 163183,"is now a movie that is n't really good enough to be in theaters .",0 101778,"'s no getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited -- again .",1 99736,"we often reel in when we should be playing out",0 138518,"ultra-violent",0 163195,"is of Brian De Palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career",0 113971,"an authentic feel",1 112774,"a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 168529,"overladen",0 239005,"would gobble in Dolby Digital stereo",1 129660,"only to record the events for posterity , but",1 206556,"mostly repetitive",0 19554,"a pretty good time",1 116093,"bones tickled",1 48378,"a solid build-up",1 18182,"( A ) rare , beautiful film .",1 28514,"and artful",1 169563,"quirky amazement",1 23500,", but it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat .",1 233120,"its `` men in a sardine can '' warped",0 78629,"dreary expanse",0 97684,"through 300 hundred years of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement",1 20987,"is a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever .",1 89216,"of your eyes",1 14167,"It 's traditional moviemaking all the way",1 151675,"a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",0 21895,"sanded down",0 100780,"wonderful but sometimes confusing",1 209428,"plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its '' dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 87109,"might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson",1 61745,", and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems .",0 2658,"the most offensive thing about the movie",0 105329,"Davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air",1 173746,"the disjointed , haphazard script",0 115602,"be the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls",0 93293,"spectacularly outrageous",1 29024,"are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon at their raunchy best",1 96333,"the paranoid claustrophobia",0 104097,"Affable if not timeless , Like Mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .",1 28827,"and telling stills",1 180101,"( A ) crushing disappointment",0 9831,"pretty tasty",1 26436,"Reggio 's continual visual barrage",1 102457,", compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity",1 61045,"'s fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty .",1 159622,"found the proceedings a little bit too conventional .",0 85301,"its logical loopholes ,",0 32754,"ignites",1 82264,"his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows",1 181823,"A man leaving the screening said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates . But Windtalkers does n't beat that one , either",0 182371,"An artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike .",0 223320,"Fairly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters .",0 200745,"have an original bone in his body",0 69977,"The structure is simple , but in its own way , Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings .",1 11851,"the saddest",0 97966,"to bring something new into the mix",1 81576,"hard-hitting documentary .",1 63010,"A film with contemporary political resonance illustrated by a winning family story .",1 127682,"musicals back 40 years",1 110027,"The mystery of Enigma is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture .",0 96663,"the sense that peace is possible .",1 8686,"many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember .",1 183417,"Did we really need a remake of '' Charade ?",0 150037,"There 's an audience for it ,",1 172681,"terrorist bomb",0 9928,"put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 118400,"distracting special effects and visual party tricks",0 20374,"despite the long running time",0 31637,"find ( Attal and Gainsbourg 's ) unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 156263,"choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic",0 17776,"times exhilarating movie",1 70031,"The wonder of Mostly Martha",1 204597,"know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? Just send it to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 225807,"Sitting in the third row of the IMAX cinema at Sydney 's Darling Harbour , but I sometimes felt as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and hovering over some of the most not",1 93812,"suck the audience in",1 118323,"discards the potential for pathological study , exhuming instead , the skewed melodrama of the circumstantial situation .",0 122024,"he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .",0 72246,"a refreshing and comical spin",1 233569,"love reading and\/or poetry",1 155725,"by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing",0 164082,"its message of Christian love and compassion",1 213172,"talented director as Chen Kaige",1 184962,"Interminably bleak , to say nothing of boring .",0 200905,"he 's already done way too often",0 6940,"handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here , alas ,",1 145005,"Dumas botch-jobs",0 158628,"exercise in time-vaulting literary pretension .",0 228540,"an appalling ` Ace Ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton .",0 165333,"loved looking at this movie .",1 97139,"their own mortality",1 40365,"worth the time",1 70005,"The turntable is now outselling the electric guitar ... ''",1 46561,"Pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness",1 102916,", then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest . If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !",0 140597,"wretchedly unfunny wannabe",0 70108,"There are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe : we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why",1 34997,"not quite sure what the point is",0 213881,"that the material is so second-rate .",0 91275,"received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film",1 226262,"The film aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once .",1 157461,"dimwitted comedy and even dimmer characters",0 60034,"well-made , funny and entertaining",1 156428,"clunk-on-the-head",0 27719,"a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent",1 142555,", this PG-13-rated piffle is ultimately as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear .",0 198737,"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 .",0 124682,"is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness .",0 10595,"solution",1 28623,"and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 152741,"about as much substance",0 118258,"direct-to-void",0 199797,"genres that just does n't work",0 200758,"have been astronomically bad",0 58915,"there are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",1 71441,"a complete moron",0 97056,"the work of a genuine and singular artist",1 61003,"'s destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 105459,"Director Tom Dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon",1 139324,"watching it leaves you giddy . Half Past Dead",1 14523,"There are as many misses as hits , but ultimately",0 113896,"an admirable , sometimes exceptional film",1 230133,"delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story",1 26916,"The subtle strength of '' Elling '' is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation .",1 38106,"the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends",1 23337,", Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast .",1 10525,"small in scope ,",0 115521,"be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame",0 60137,"whimsical and relevant today",1 78363,"do n't see often enough these days",1 7693,"is as much fun",1 9768,"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it",1 10460,"signs is a good film ,",1 205322,"look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten .",0 123512,"interesting movie",1 94653,"that extravagantly redeems it",1 129525,"one for this kind of movie",1 114443,"any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly",0 138151,"too self-satisfied",0 203024,"is just a little bit hard to love",0 31381,"exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women .",1 50567,"crisp psychological drama",1 170084,"retread of several other mob tales",0 203520,"is that it goes nowhere",0 237756,"to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks",1 131376,"represents Adam Sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .",0 223538,"Green is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike .",0 62786,"A beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .",1 139677,"while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying",1 143802,"Analyze That is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents",1 108123,"Often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration",1 61584,", Below casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the Bermuda Triangle .",1 18411,", gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",1 184637,"I could keep a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",0 177658,"was made by some very stoned college students",0 130526,"pratfalls given a working over . The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back .",1 169774,"really heavy back story",1 136210,"the screenplay , but rather",1 205241,"little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation",0 181937,"A ragbag of cliches",0 175409,"this hard to achieve this little fun",0 202585,"is a heartfelt story",1 223120,"Despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .",0 48928,"an epic of astonishing grandeur",1 116475,"by then , your senses are as mushy as peas",1 140047,"with a bright future ahead of him",1 130210,"piano",1 49247,"as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight",1 230551,"enough clever",1 10281,"scare the pants off you",1 193358,"as a fairly weak retooling",0 189882,"Written , flatly ,",0 205786,"manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun",0 58305,"the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything .",0 115018,"as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful",0 52195,"good for what it 's trying to do",1 216066,"then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle",0 216014,"their lack of chemistry",0 14756,"a kick",1 170008,"represents nothing more than the art of the deal",0 43948,"8 million charmer",1 210281,"reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans",0 143704,"An Afterschool Special without the courage of its convictions .",0 87900,"no interest",0 94326,"terrific 10th-grade learning tool",1 232523,"is light and fun ...",1 47584,"What 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent . Watching a Brian DePalma movie is like watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers .",1 60366,"with passion and attitude",1 171368,"smug self-satisfaction",0 5003,"barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary",1 13791,"A refreshing Korean film",1 146966,"Just one bad idea",0 79674,"far more witty",1 97133,"their most virtuous limits",1 137104,"thoroughly overbearing",0 151853,"a guy who is utterly unlikeable",0 237100,"the new script by the returning David S. Goyer is much sillier .",0 18805,"Dahmer",0 138450,"twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 204601,"know what it wants to be",1 151978,"a little off-kilter",0 145601,"God help the poor woman if Attal is this insecure in real life : his fictional Yvan 's neuroses are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse",0 134379,"that is flawed , compromised and sad",0 121996,"have to admit that I am baffled by Jason X",0 75670,"big box office bucks",1 19506,"a good Bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 159514,"for the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction",0 24647,"An inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees living in U . S . relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975 .",1 186022,"Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton are not Hepburn and Grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore .",0 223261,"Even if you 've seen `` Stomp '' ( the stage show ) , you still have to see this !",1 130449,"portray themselves",1 32861,"in films over and over again",0 215863,"the visual panache , the comic touch , and",1 84587,"is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it",1 144012,"Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad .",0 228602,"an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and",1 234005,"much to our dismay",0 237554,"this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short",0 18898,"Godard is on about in this film",1 121953,"have given this movie a rating of zero",0 127506,"mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and",1 172883,"that Craven endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison",0 56345,"quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and",1 104001,"A vivid , spicy footnote to history ,",1 209505,"ponderous and pretentious endeavor",0 77970,"demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides",0 56915,"shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished",1 63378,"A sloppy , amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise .",1 28246,"also the year 's sweetest movie",1 63166,"A low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord .",1 180906,", self-important stories",0 23071,"'s a stunning lyrical work of considerable force and truth",1 218209,"unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles",0 47680,"Worth watching for Dong Jie 's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change .",1 150269,"This loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses is a deeply unpleasant experience .",0 92407,"sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening",0 8823,"missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and liking to read",0 87061,"merits",1 29489,"been a huge fan of Dickens ' 800-page novel",1 226516,"The thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes ( of which they 'll get plenty ) fills me with revulsion .",0 30927,"does such a fine job of engulfing you in its world and allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought .",1 53932,"its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and",1 14961,"an amazing performance",1 83959,"is after something darker",0 237386,"then by all means check it out .",1 187635,"Supposedly authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment .",0 134969,"the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers",0 56763,"season",1 5591,"cleverness",1 66827,"Iwai 's gorgeous visuals seduce .",1 38488,"the often forgotten fact",1 108524,"Quiet , adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it does n't have all the answers .",1 118542,"does n't make much",0 162662,"is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience .",0 81590,"harsh objectivity and refusal",0 214825,"the idiocy of its last frames",0 116139,"both the beauty",1 39547,"ultimate '' Bellini",1 66475,"It 's a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence .",1 23359,", a smart and satisfying",1 75791,"bold presentation",1 7867,"it 's lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another",0 133756,"sweet , genuine chemistry",1 175335,"this PG-13-rated piffle is ultimately as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear .",0 81254,"good-time",1 180015,"'s surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction .",0 7281,"i have two words to say about reign of fire . great dragons !",1 203680,"is we never really see her Esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing",0 187904,"The abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste",0 77875,"deftly captures",1 6364,"exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time",1 51327,"establishes Sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential .",1 95322,"the cleverness ,",1 211258,"serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting",0 184576,"I 'm not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche .",0 106107,"Guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares",0 203361,"is repeated at least four times .",0 207320,"obnoxious and didactic burlesque",0 188721,"The story itself is actually quite vapid .",0 154238,"as simplistic as a Hollywood production",0 226817,"Troubling and powerful .",1 93870,"super-dooper-adorability intact",1 56615,"right into the center of that world",1 76910,"combined with the misconceived final 5",0 40135,"will tell you what you know when deciding to see it : Anthony . Hopkins",1 146747,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , ' but",0 220917,"'s not life-affirming",0 156570,"comes together as a coherent whole .",1 235803,"slack complacency",0 188644,"The script is smart , not cloying .",1 68767,"Short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of Eudora Welty .",1 58035,"the balance between the fantastic and the believable",1 48961,"an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition",1 25151,"Do n't plan on the perfect ending , but Sweet Home Alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life .",1 203628,"is truly gorgeous to behold",1 133293,"stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours",0 74442,"are those who just want the Ball and Chain",0 232649,"is not even half the interest .",0 94500,"that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable",1 109474,"The Road",1 77930,"deliver again and again",1 89860,"outdoes its spectacle",1 26800,"The film 's sharp , often mischievous sense",1 212252,"sordid universe",0 217830,"troubled and determined homicide cop",1 192252,"all the wrong places",0 73054,"absurdities",0 47957,"a devilishly witty script by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller",1 236438,"that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 44194,"A party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid .",0 213580,"that celebrates radical",1 62004,", it 's also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American , I might add -- slice of comedic bliss .",1 125153,"it works",1 90006,"padded",0 65539,"Filmmakers Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann area headed east , Far East , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees while the world 's democracie",1 143235,"A movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment .",1 132667,"smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be .",1 193187,"are so hilarious",1 165916,"might be with a large dose of painkillers",0 67923,"Noyce has worked wonders with the material .",1 129119,"of the stand-up comic",1 10930,"tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films : young is cool , and too young is too cool",0 93717,"sublimely lofty",1 225431,"Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is .",1 63255,"A plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of ` home",1 27459,"a cruel reminder",0 122710,"if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise",0 212947,"supposed to be a romantic comedy",0 163861,"it makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama",0 152872,"acted , blandly directed",0 15312,"but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh .",1 197498,"dramatic performance",1 62567,"... an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller .",1 85524,"joys in our lives",1 55218,"of Friday-night excitement and Milla",1 20741,"has truly inhabited a character",1 47081,"The film may appear naked in its narrative form",0 68200,"Phillip Noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , Christopher Doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of Greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of The Quiet American .",1 84544,"is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .",1 142694,"-- and long -- for its own good",0 162810,"is bland",0 192033,"after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series",0 139416,"weak and ineffective",0 107104,"Its story about a young Chinese woman , Ah Na , who has come to New York City to replace past tragedy with the American Dream",1 189846,"Would 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement . Then",0 233405,"like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall !",1 112010,"a giant commercial for Universal Studios , where much of the action takes place",0 126580,"maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature",1 127648,"muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through",0 203694,"is why I have given it a one-star rating",0 83210,"in unexpected ways , touching",1 33393,"is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs",1 26317,"Oscar-winning potential",1 140786,"you missed the point",0 187819,"The Kid Stays in the Picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",1 154155,"as distasteful",0 9770,"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .",1 123737,"is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes",1 210666,"ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time",0 173928,"the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .",0 84233,"is funny and pithy",1 108003,"No Such Thing is a big letdown .",0 29704,"both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow despair",0 168377,"originality , wit , or intelligence",1 173164,"that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 111193,"With a tone as variable as the cinematography , Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .",0 216112,"there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour",0 218827,"wastes its time",0 206687,"much power",1 44171,"A movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart .",1 128797,"of mindless pace in collision",0 204053,"it wants to be an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain",0 149873,"The story is less vibrant",0 76279,"call the cops",0 54914,"moves fast enough",1 11327,"the endless action sequences",0 10359,"self-promotion",0 65071,"Directed with purpose and finesse",1 107056,"It seems impossible that an epic four-hour Indian musical about a cricket game could be this good ,",1 106192,"He 's a better actor than a standup comedian .",1 232515,"is just lazy writing .",0 101539,"'s a scorcher",1 211688,"sit in neutral",0 208888,"over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference",0 162613,"is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a Halloween that died .",0 180919,", sloppy , over-the-top ,",0 95208,"the better video-game-based flicks ,",1 105555,"During The Tuxedo 's 90 minutes of screen time , there is n't one true ` Chan moment ' .",0 11628,"the most high-concept",1 158308,"enough innovation or pizazz",1 72001,"a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films",1 92878,"smart , sassy and",1 64964,"Death to Smoochy is often very funny ,",1 181524,"A banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy .",0 165558,"makes a fatal mistake",0 109606,"The best part about '' Gangs ''",1 173703,"the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap",0 179361,"'d probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie",0 95376,"the corniest",0 171377,"snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure .",0 3325,"'s good-natured and sometimes quite funny",1 96173,"the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 199714,"futuristic women in skimpy clothes",0 183494,"Disreputable",0 211282,"serves up all of that stuff",1 171631,"someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story",0 98150,"to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum",0 152587,"a testimonial dinner",1 162881,"is falling flat , as the stalker does n't do much stalking",0 144243,"Brainless , but",0 221300,", can prevent its tragic waste of life",0 190133,"a bad plot",0 34220,"loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love",0 203342,"is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him",0 3848,"a gory slash-fest",0 83295,"ineffable",1 182288,"Although purportedly a study in modern alienation",0 239102,"you 're a comic fan",1 208953,"overtly silly",0 182418,"An imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie .",0 125194,"its characterization of Hitler and",0 20709,"happily ,",1 149205,"The actors do n't inhabit their roles -- they 're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes",0 9959,"quirky characters and an engaging story",1 23121,"'s fascinating to see how Bettany and McDowell play off each other",1 112889,"a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle",1 123278,"inauthentic at its core",0 120499,"for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance",0 94221,"tastelessness",0 41145,"One of the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory",1 63190,"A modestly made but profoundly moving documentary",1 25150,"Do n't plan on the perfect ending",0 186526,"On the evidence before us , the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough",0 31335,"except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life",0 19867,"and often lovely",1 53754,"it 's never boring",1 99275,"utterly ridiculous",0 58065,"the best of the Disney comedies",1 74084,"animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame",1 226448,"The problem with concept films is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie .",0 223780,"I did n't find much fascination in the swinging .",0 47,"'s not a fresh idea",0 51481,"fairly parochial melodrama",0 4694,"an ungainly movie",0 124772,"is worth seeking",1 53477,"is generally light enough",1 41813,"do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience",1 73606,"amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination",1 47773,"` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme",1 24162,"... represents a spectacular piece of theater",1 155611,"but badly written tale",0 49388,"at meaningful cinema",1 56659,"rousing score",1 176397,"to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved",0 97274,"they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood",1 94565,"that believing in something does matter",1 157638,"do little to boost Stallone 's career",0 12056,"the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy",1 38478,"the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible",1 21253,"looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by .",1 59045,"this very compelling tale",1 133906,"teaming",1 163319,"is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad",0 18578,"A film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities .",1 201444,"humor and bite",1 220773,"'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge",0 33655,"it has just enough spice to keep it interesting .",1 17596,"the movie keeps you diverted and best of all",1 104790,"Blue Crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is",1 226227,"The cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge .",0 90657,"pretty much delivers on that promise",1 92277,"sensational true-crime",1 187329,"Skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience .",0 208919,"overcooked soufflé",0 230445,"dumb , narratively chaotic",0 224483,"Joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius .",0 12948,"what a concept",1 180356,", Caruso 's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable .",0 69925,"The story 's scope and pageantry",1 14433,"Solid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts .",1 195261,"ca n't even do that much . Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",0 163295,"is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter",0 143166,"A little weak -- and it is n't that funny .",0 134228,"that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters",1 162348,"intermittently pleasing but mostly routine",1 202519,"is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage",0 69036,"Succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .",1 63449,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game ,",1 65455,"Faithful",1 103745,"A muddled limp biscuit",0 163845,"it is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . As your relatives swap one mundane story after another",0 124299,"is n't nearly as funny",0 60770,"'s ) quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin .",1 114199,"and ( too ) short",0 203872,"it does cathartic truth telling",1 20739,"has taken his trademark style and refined it to a crystalline point",1 157802,"does not make for much of a movie .",0 189232,"Too bad writer-director Adam Rifkin situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets .",0 200670,"has the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .",0 235040,"predisposed to like it",1 66048,"Home Movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .",1 113869,"an MTV , sugar hysteria",1 36014,"pigeonhole-resisting",1 59161,"to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people",1 183146,"Cold , Sterile And Lacking Any Color Or Warmth",0 132628,"slow for a younger crowd",0 170527,"see how insufferable the character is",0 79744,"feel alive -",1 223246,"Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .",1 146645,"It becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . '' Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into",0 52857,"impressive and highly entertaining celebration",1 114134,"an original and highly cerebral examination of the psychopathic mind",1 218452,"verbally pretentious as the title may be",0 156341,"clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .",0 64316,"Belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .",1 214759,"the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy",0 187684,"Talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark .",0 130949,"quite unengaging",0 186694,"Piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes , but the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film seem irritatingly transparent .",0 57878,"that scalds like acid",0 213750,"that made The Full Monty a smashing success ... but neglects to add the magic that made it all work",0 11428,"the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose",0 11686,"the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all .",1 21991,"slow at times",0 159473,"for the Jerry Springer crowd",0 50462,"cool .",1 174657,"the right-on satiric humor",1 202549,"is a bore",0 100236,"will be friends through thick and thin",1 93432,"star script",1 37686,"than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here",1 45636,"If you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters",1 80746,"fully formed",1 31446,"falling",1 174032,"the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute",0 193823,"atrocious",0 30129,"checking out for the performances alone",1 232800,"is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers",1 139914,"will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice",1 154366,"at how clever it 's being",1 144172,"Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel",1 50035,"caper thrills",1 209640,"predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game",0 95326,"the cliches",0 125221,"its dark , delicate treatment",1 217315,"to see the same old thing in a tired old setting",0 154520,"awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story",0 149237,"The best that can be said about the work here of Scottish director Ritchie ... is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it .",0 185525,"Juliette Binoche 's Sand is vivacious",1 198888,"final third",1 4373,"accomplishes",1 37785,"that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you",1 51201,"energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological",1 65708,"Funny in a sick , twisted sort of way",1 194938,"breaks no new ground and",0 56963,"shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits",1 194079,"be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable",0 126567,"magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty",1 188298,"The kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else :",0 157706,"doddering",0 199397,"forced drama",0 60236,"will have a Barrie good time",1 233103,"it was particularly funny",1 180844,", nor are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent .",0 106399,"I 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché .",0 196726,"demanding than it needs to be",0 20245,"charming yet poignant tale",1 163853,"it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families",0 140971,"'d think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",0 103473,"A classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood",1 219218,"where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits",0 91116,"rather frightening",0 3039,"very moving and",1 3620,"a calculating fiend",0 15446,"comes replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness",1 100966,"wreck",0 87679,"mysterious , sensual ,",1 28747,"and powerful",1 69866,"The result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable . But it 's also disappointing to a certain degree .",1 234356,"of a creaky `` Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 1334,"interesting ''",1 235180,"rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '",0 69493,"The ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations",1 159820,"fully explored",1 31328,"exceedingly clever",1 158100,"earns it",1 122143,"her best",1 226280,"The film is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no idea who they were at our age : and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are .",1 3830,"a good-hearted ensemble comedy",1 138569,"uncomfortably real",1 63880,"An enjoyable feel-good family comedy",1 90406,"plenty of entertainment value",1 23211,"( An ) hilarious romantic comedy .",1 32832,"in a way few current films do",1 212439,"staggeringly boring",0 111743,"a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem",1 56460,"reenacting a historic scandal",1 182444,"An uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection",0 238811,"will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''",0 127865,"nervy , risky",0 152596,"a thousand years old ,",0 111214,"With this new Rollerball",1 176015,"to burn out of your brain",0 142581,", this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins",0 110740,"Toward the end Sum of All Fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .",0 235202,"real magic , perhaps",1 218087,"uncoordinated",0 15567,"do some of their best work in their underwritten roles",1 196189,"contrived , unmotivated , and",0 237073,"the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies",1 203952,"it just is n't a very involving one",0 132510,"simply stupid ,",0 52022,"funny thing",1 97431,"this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth .",1 36035,"pleasant enough comedy",1 229957,"construct a story",1 190841,"a little scattered",0 107147,"Jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films",0 2013,"pay to see it",1 19799,"and alive",1 82825,"in Narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood",1 108235,"Orgasm",1 69250,"The Bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they 've told a nice little story in the process",1 126180,"lingerie models and bar dancers",0 3119,"when they were high",1 65232,"EEE for excitement .",1 94766,"that made the original Men in Black such a pleasure",1 68089,"Pan Nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and",1 218853,"watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting",0 9121,"not a stereotype is omitted nor a clich left unsaid .",0 74336,"are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy .",1 126458,"lovely flakiness",1 171395,"so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",0 44423,"America , history",1 130312,"pleasant and engaging enough",1 42154,"is a ravishing consciousness-raiser",1 205835,"marginal intelligence",0 28009,"about all kinds of love",1 219549,"will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .",0 136177,"the runaway success of his first film , The Full Monty ,",1 15457,"compelling ` who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question .",1 101185,"you to accept it as life and go with its flow",1 198729,"feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off",0 4313,"a woman 's point-of-view",1 147165,"Like a can of 2-day old Coke . You can taste it , but there 's no fizz",0 151594,"a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history , or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story",0 221713,", you too may feel time has decided to stand still .",0 117111,"clotted",0 50475,"corruption and",0 36438,"refuses to be simple",1 123119,"in the Midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to",1 4679,"an overflowing septic tank",0 54337,"long on glamour",1 78839,"elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with Washington the actor",1 145472,"Frank Novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life",0 30942,"downbeat",0 33599,"it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat .",1 170643,"seems worth the effort .",1 163880,"it never quite gets there",0 219454,"wide-smiling reception",1 225313,"One of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre",1 12168,"this may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",0 24626,"An excellent romp that boasts both a heart and a mind .",1 537,"back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly",0 87604,"much of a plunge",0 188933,"Things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content",0 51401,"exceptional detail",1 183836,"Fails so fundamentally on every conventional level",0 121877,"has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new Hal Hartley movie to pore over",1 235740,"significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration",0 119469,"excels in spectacle and pacing .",1 64370,"Bisset is both convincing and radiant",1 135548,"the impressive stagings of hardware",1 61821,", caring , warm .",1 49295,"as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",1 20528,"fantasy",1 148704,"Solaris . With an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting",0 162198,"inform and educate me",1 45483,"Here 's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep . But",0 30926,"does such a fine job of engulfing you in its world and allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",1 193136,"are n't so substantial or fresh",0 222226,"Alas , it 's neither .",0 152221,"a piece of dreck disguised as comedy",0 143362,"A sophomoric exploration of ` life problems ' most people solved long ago -- or at least",0 101821,"'s not very good either .",0 34461,"memorable performances from top",1 161231,"his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase",0 238702,"who liked There 's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies",1 205038,"like a room stacked with pungent flowers",1 195420,"can with a stuttering script",0 212226,"sometimes inadequate performances",0 173869,"the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches )",0 8078,"its moments of swaggering camaraderie",1 134949,"the brawn , but not the brains",0 75745,"blissfully exhausted",1 92284,"sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling",1 90723,"proficient ,",1 224236,"It 's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy .",0 118695,"dramatic enlightenment ,",1 43741,", they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting .",1 200434,"hard to care",0 120337,"for Gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her",1 37507,"surprising depth in its look",1 48078,"a good thing",1 114933,"as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful",1 138369,"true star",1 137187,"three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female",1 80637,"from one arresting image to another",1 225230,"Notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , I 'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 33752,"its child-centered , claustrophobic context",0 38698,"the talent of the creative forces behind it",1 20277,"complete with trouble and hope",1 82699,"imbue the theme with added depth and resonance",1 67435,"Martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .",1 218345,"used to burn every print of the film",0 195212,"by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent",0 92893,"smarter and much",1 148332,"Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period",0 31038,"elegance",1 12503,"too many",0 227819,"a cliché left",0 22061,"still pretty darned good",1 119015,"emphasis",1 177873,"well acted",1 115887,"best didacticism",1 71852,"a jarring , new-agey tone",1 166793,"no good inside dope",0 81384,"greatest-hits reel",1 23361,", absorbing film",1 190172,"a bid to hold our attention",0 200693,"has usually been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout .",0 104866,"British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",1 90071,"part of that delicate canon",1 47161,"The most compelling Wiseman epic of recent years",1 238929,"without context -- journalistic or historical",0 16355,"it ponders the reasons we need stories so much .",1 185752,"Like Mike is a slight and uninventive movie : Like the exalted Michael Jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal",0 182713,"Bartleby squanders as much as it gives out .",0 142690,"-- a straight guy has to dress up in drag --",0 202169,"inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle",0 17985,"watchful",1 48309,"a rare treat",1 198995,"fits the bill",1 73761,"an enjoyably frothy ` date movie ' ...",1 155567,"bull sessions",0 95534,"the end of the world",0 102874,", the film has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .",1 122790,"immense IMAX screen",1 160607,"has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people .",1 200705,"hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of High Art .",0 220757,"'s always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic",0 18211,"and lovable Siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog )",1 80828,"funny thrill",1 181007,", the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .",0 160531,"happened with Pluto Nash ? How did it ever get made ?",0 163520,"is too cute",1 171559,"some awful acting and",0 203599,"is to see two Academy Award winning actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best .",0 51894,"fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera",1 106717,"In the telling of a story largely untold",1 37504,"surprised me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version",1 72175,"a pretty good execution",1 146643,"It becomes gimmicky instead of compelling .",0 25526,"Her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant .",0 101344,"'' is owned by its costars , Spader",1 49161,"are in perfect balance .",1 3426,"( p ) artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting . the catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 203380,"is sappy and amateurish",0 96871,"the thrill",1 191671,"able to pull it back on course",1 80930,"geriatric Dirty Harry",0 236525,"that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating",0 51770,"for a country still dealing with its fascist past",0 122453,"hold my interest",1 74286,"are also some startling , surrealistic moments",1 181806,"A loud , witless mess that",0 3892,"a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank",0 107758,"Mike Myers shows up and ruins everything",0 226994,"We started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed ` Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine .",0 12069,"their estranged gay and",0 136984,"this laughable dialogue",1 139236,"was amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise",1 198190,"every one ( and no one )",0 154318,"assert",0 209952,"put together with the preteen boy in mind .",0 211576,"shrill and soporific , and because",0 156523,"come even easier .",1 146638,"It all feels like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong .",0 120081,"films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 146490,"It 's got its heart in the right place ,",1 211575,"shrill and soporific",0 228178,"a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh",1 222905,"Challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative",1 224154,"It 's an ambitious film ,",1 139919,"will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot",0 13556,", but it wears its B-movie heritage like a badge of honor .",1 52521,"he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 140527,"would be over in five minutes but instead the plot",0 177602,"wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 201615,"ignored it",0 7110,"her relentless vim",1 117253,"comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries .",0 134870,"the bad reviews",0 200476,"has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters",1 37474,"superbly controlled , passionate adaptation of Graham Greene 's 1955 novel .",1 34666,"most visually stunning and thematically moving epics",1 54671,"may not always work",0 176847,"tries to be smart",0 192290,"almost as if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film",0 27609,"a kind of attentive concern",1 10127,"resourceful and ingenious entertainment",1 44326,"A twisty , moody slice of Southern Gothic",1 99374,"very top rank",1 106239,"Hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absurdity",0 101092,"you ca n't help but feel ` stoked . '",1 122285,"his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public",0 218572,"visual and verbal clichés",0 178215,"who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 220042,"would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .",0 21982,"slapstick antics",1 174615,"the quirky amazement",1 171989,"still ca n't act a lick .",0 37169,"sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing",1 153413,"an impacting film",1 140531,"would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 122016,"having fun with it all",1 136756,"there is n't one true ` Chan moment ' .",0 48491,"a well-established genre",1 88183,"of DeVito 's misanthropic vision",0 198661,"feel like they 've been patched in from an episode of Miami Vice .",0 171692,"somewhere between an acute character study and a trite power struggle",0 10463,"sillier",1 108995,"Skip the film",0 24304,"A coda in every sense , The Pinochet Case splits time between a minute-by-minute account of the British court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors .",1 121189,"gives his best screen",1 182512,"Any intellectual arguments being made about the nature of God are framed in a drama so clumsy",0 93155,"something is rotten in the state of California",0 109144,"Stale first act , Scrooge story , blatant product placement",0 41792,"director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and",1 58796,"the unerring professionalism of the chilly production ,",1 123625,"intriguing , provocative stuff",1 196164,"contemptible imitator",0 79022,"enhanced",1 181902,"A predictable , manipulative stinker",0 170153,"rips off The Sixth Sense",0 205436,"lost the politics and the social observation",0 204889,"let-down",0 86337,"lots of Hollywood fluff",0 47225,"The production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other",1 81584,"hardscrabble lives",0 117140,"cold porridge",0 181904,"A predictable , manipulative stinker . The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal",0 19213,"Remarkably",1 199997,"glossy Hollywood",0 90762,"properly spooky film",1 44046,"A densely constructed , highly referential film , and an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work .",1 87343,"more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become '' the punk kids ' revolution",1 102162,"( and lovely )",1 204623,"laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man",0 42375,"most Bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike",0 226354,"The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ... ( Quills ) did by showing them .",1 36364,"real talent",1 58317,"the film shatters you in waves .",1 238116,"tries for more .",0 103923,"A stylish cast",1 191204,"a remarkably strong cast",1 79598,"falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions",0 237973,"to term an `` ambitious failure",0 142612,", we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another",0 205937,"may have made a great Saturday Night Live sketch , but a great movie it is not .",0 29939,"by providing good , lively company",1 229821,"cinema history as the only movie ever",1 98243,"to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play",0 119197,"entertaining thriller",1 179543,"'s a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's .",0 35406,"of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",0 232137,"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast",1 79708,"fascinating to watch Marker the essayist at work",1 136623,"the worst of the entire franchise",0 169321,"proceeds in such a way that you 're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships .",0 11868,"the second coming",1 39680,"unusual biopic and document",1 180093,"'ve seen it all before",0 193931,"bad a film you 're likely to see all year",0 215795,"the torments and angst",0 200673,"has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and R&B names and references .",0 216665,"through the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel",0 233468,"likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time",1 140499,"worthless",0 144424,"Chelsea Walls deserves a medal",1 178507,"with a major identity crisis",0 73227,"admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations",1 167569,"of its strong cast",1 131088,"realized through clever makeup design",1 217115,"to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism",0 228800,"are incredibly captivating and insanely funny",1 106684,"In Praise of Love",1 221481,", obnoxious 88-minute",0 19464,"a bit too long to find its rhythm",0 45062,"Directing with a sure and measured hand",1 148430,"Schneidermeister ... Makin ' a fool of himself ...",0 99228,"used Manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way",1 36947,"shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides .",1 220158,"writing and slack direction",0 38209,"the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations ,",1 93119,"some problems",0 53619,"is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and",1 100315,"will worm its way there",1 181159,", you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally",0 143406,"A turgid little history lesson , humourless and dull",0 191572,"a true believer",1 239011,"would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera",0 162752,"is an astonishingly bad film .",0 79796,"felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them .",0 58027,"the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus",1 146531,"It 's leaden and predictable , and",0 84285,"is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching Sarandon .",1 222962,"Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork",0 219841,"with the pubescent scandalous",0 157407,"did n't invest much into itself either",0 137040,"this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film",1 137364,"to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",0 126904,"may not be particularly innovative",0 131091,"realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject",1 9076,"no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1\/2 -",0 42639,"sincerity and",1 90255,"phony relationship",0 95713,"the finish line winded but",0 121985,"have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",0 102106,"( Jeff 's ) gorgeous , fluid compositions ,",1 20313,"creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events",1 194142,"be growing",1 40232,"with its open-endedness and surprises",1 145180,"Even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and",0 211176,"self-amused trash",0 38562,"the powerful work of his co-stars",1 47127,"The jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .",1 7700,"is deadly dull",0 18806,"Dangerous",0 235593,"sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .",1 127395,"most Hollywood romantic comedies",0 43033,"works on several levels",1 186633,"Oversexed",0 216820,"to add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 118898,"ecstasy",1 234366,"of a truly frightening situation",0 21015,"is balanced , reflective and reasonable .",1 5771,"could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it",0 223393,"For every articulate player , such as skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman , are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .",0 128999,"of the circumstantial situation",1 133023,"sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",1 180997,", the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .",1 29559,"best kind",1 197384,"does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay",0 124773,"is worth seeking .",1 25284,"Fans of the animated wildlife adventure show",1 186870,"Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery",1 79622,"family comedy",1 157352,"detached , uninvolving",0 129389,"on cue",1 65103,"Director-writer Bille August ... depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally",1 174227,"the low-budget production",0 102052,"( A ) soulless",0 176535,"to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends",0 57728,"that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone",1 17295,"spectacular sizzle it is !",1 46288,"My thoughts were focused on the characters .",1 49962,"by the incessant use of cell phones",0 25133,"Disney 's live-action division has a history of releasing cinematic flotsam , but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem .",1 190958,"a mishmash",0 72986,"about the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall",1 105772,"Falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice .",0 80021,"first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 225820,"Sluggish , tonally uneven .",0 119921,"feels like a streetwise McLaughlin Group ... and never fails to entertain",1 27757,"a quite pleasing , headlong thrust",1 187452,"Something has been lost in the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise .",0 150023,"Theology aside , why put someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story ?",0 18156,"you 're enlightened by any of Derrida 's",1 204963,"like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly",0 154848,"be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around",0 6959,"hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",0 15520,"delighted",1 66671,"It 's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive .",1 134233,"that already knows it 's won",1 114547,"are an absolute joy",1 169409,"provide scant reason",0 89465,"on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls",1 20551,"filled with subtext",1 194818,"bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .",0 145766,"He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",0 206210,"minute idea",0 147812,"Nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and Showtime is crammed full of them .",0 66126,"I 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and I recommend it for its originality alone .",1 184959,"Intermezzo strain",1 126748,"manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them .",1 72371,"a sexy slip of an earth mother",1 88918,"of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati",1 1369,"is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche",0 215388,"the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion",0 11678,"the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",1 207740,"of fun or energy",1 203622,"is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like ,",0 55635,"of those energetic surprises",1 44153,"A lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world .",1 85660,"kids , Spirit",1 61784,", at times sublime ,",1 42251,"its weaknesses and",0 181477,": it 's not scary in the slightest .",0 62055,", it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .",1 219677,"with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 113379,"acute expressiveness",1 106870,"It 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery",0 116723,"caring for animals and",1 122921,"in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago",0 218906,"way too full of itself",0 76377,"can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in",1 106439,"I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy .",0 226694,"This one is not nearly as dreadful as expected .",1 83303,"inescapably gorgeous ,",1 133253,"starts promisingly",1 206780,"nadir",0 181511,"A Veggie Tales Movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the Holy Spirit .",0 224418,"Its one-sidedness ... flirts with propaganda .",0 139272,"was that Santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard",1 233863,"might not seem like the proper cup of tea",0 56665,"run through its otherwise comic narrative .",1 198552,"far more often than the warfare",1 125450,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette ,",1 212624,"straight out of a cellular phone commercial",0 71015,"With wit and empathy to spare",1 11179,"the adjective ` gentle ' applies",1 178155,"which might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog",0 218451,"verbally flatfooted",0 202721,"is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned",0 185801,"Lil Bow Wow takes the cake",1 160543,"hard and bitter place",0 186085,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp",0 83558,"into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances",1 230021,"crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book",1 49875,"brutal form",0 229591,"by sparking debate and encouraging thought",1 63922,"An intelligently made ( and beautifully edited ) picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch .",1 7205,"hoity-toity",0 186691,"Piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes ,",1 118447,"do n't entirely ` get ' Godard 's distinctive discourse",0 61720,", a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .",1 152920,"actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation",0 30435,"could make Deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists",1 13685,"-- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended --",0 228323,"about with `` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back",0 211737,"skidding",0 193640,"as ugly as the shabby digital photography and",0 197573,"dry of humor , verve and fun",0 197465,"downright comically evil",0 147215,"Little more than a frothy vanity project",0 132569,"sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach",0 128823,"of nearly epic proportions",1 225801,"Singer\/composer Bryan Adams contributes a slew of songs -- a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story -- but the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece .",1 160732,"has sequel-itis something fierce . An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job ...",0 48196,"a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film",1 102604,", is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is",0 97780,"times positively irritating",0 207919,"of playing with narrative form",1 69956,"The storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome .",1 124519,"is so cool",1 109744,"The engagingly primitive animated special effects contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion .",1 208589,"one good one",1 24755,"Austin Powers films",1 203539,"is the Kathie Lee Gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent .",0 162943,"is instead a tepid waste of time and talent",0 35633,"on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 64033,"Are we a sick society ?",0 79142,"entirely persuasive",1 33397,"is involving",1 25755,"It 's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be .",0 103054,", you may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?",0 141083,"'s Splash without the jokes",0 37466,"summer blockbusters",1 191640,"a wonder",1 224070,"Insufferably naive",0 199093,"folks , it does n't work .",0 40658,"A frisky and fresh romantic comedy exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women",1 219439,"why is this so boring ?",0 178743,"wo n't know much more when you leave .",0 27923,"a unique modern fairytale",1 66497,"It 's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast .",1 56176,"pretty amazing",1 99846,"what 's going on here",0 206895,"negligible work",0 198840,"filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope",1 1721,"menace",0 145982,"I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon ''",0 227892,"a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock",1 69763,"The movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments ...",0 72886,"ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context",1 188452,"The movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates .",0 58348,"the great Daniel Auteuil ,",1 85619,"keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming",1 79251,"even more compelling",1 116514,"ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .",0 218844,"watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself",0 165600,"makes the grade as tawdry trash",0 79502,"exquisite craftsmanship",1 59228,"to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .",1 60341,"with enjoyable performances",1 232154,"into How Long Is This Movie ?",0 174593,"the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 204490,"justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau",0 110123,"The real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and it 's really well directed",1 188490,"The only problem",0 109618,"The biggest problem with Roger Avary 's uproar against the MPAA is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything .",0 220512,"'' is the operative word for `` Bad Company",0 143631,"All the well-meaningness in the world ca n't erase the fact that The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi .",0 239216,"your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute",1 38729,"the trivial , cash-in features",0 37768,"that barely stays afloat",0 220199,"yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .",0 182018,"A sour attempt",0 89292,"often hilarious minutes",1 99998,"which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience",1 23321,", On Guard delivers",1 23499,", but it 's extremely well played and often very funny .",1 212744,"stupid ? ''",0 195482,"carried out by men of marginal intelligence ,",0 110491,"This is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it",1 123404,"inquisitive film",1 153315,"an all-time low",0 76227,"by the sheer beauty of his images",1 48154,"a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich",1 89257,"offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and",1 44252,"A smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy .",1 24778,"B-grade stylishness",1 25677,"In a way , the film feels like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in .",1 157561,"disgracefully written dialogue",0 227968,"a hugely enjoyable film",1 8841,"monstrous",0 111597,"a casual intelligence",1 17728,"this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen",1 26016,"Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 159680,"from Burkina Faso",1 188168,"The film desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility .",0 170580,"seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 123066,"in pain",0 43974,"A breezy romantic comedy that",1 574,"been smoother or more confident",1 214510,"the era of Richard Nixon",1 1946,"on its own , it 's not very interesting",0 12771,"very romantic",1 109173,"Steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic .",1 172151,"studio pizazz",1 166675,"never come into focus",0 156708,"conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 107124,"J . Lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear :",1 180856,", of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . Vulgar is too optimistic a title .",0 155758,"by just being wishy-washy",0 160208,"goes wrong at several key junctures .",0 35544,"of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 30201,"claustrophobic context",0 136003,"the pity is that it rarely achieves its best",0 211795,"slippery self-promoter",0 146468,"It 's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role .",0 226492,"The story has some nice twists but the ending and",1 49310,"as much humor as pathos",1 159878,"gained the ears of the world",1 175907,"to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",1 33586,"it 's become almost redundant to say so",0 227420,"`` B +",1 227060,"What sets Ms. Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .",1 216212,"they 're struggling to create .",0 10333,"seem very romantic",1 159442,"for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favour the audience",0 32494,"higher",1 118339,"dishonest and",0 101187,"you to give it a millisecond of thought",1 231274,"good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography .",1 198257,"excellent job",1 180136,"( Denis ' ) bare-bones narrative more closely resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product .",0 182245,"All the small moments and flashbacks",1 118742,"drowned me in boredom .",0 9046,"new ways of describing badness",0 167806,"of the more irritating cartoons",0 149752,"The predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing are the performances .",0 25510,"He 's Super Spy !",1 226870,"Unfortunately , it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .",0 184387,"Here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",0 157960,"dreary rip-off",0 109855,"The film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama ,",0 109201,"Stinks from start",0 227459,"`` Cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` For serious film buffs only ! ''",1 232350,"is a riot .",1 138600,"underconfident",0 17563,"the heart , the mind",1 168728,"pat for its own good",0 225092,"Naomi Watts is terrific as Rachel",1 146699,"It is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie ... but it is also weirdly fascinating , a ready-made Eurotrash cult object . It is also , at times , curiously moving .",1 61590,", Blood Work is a strong , character-oriented piece .",1 17449,"that there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema",1 111033,"What makes Salton Sea surprisingly engrossing is that Caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion .",1 14802,"a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal",1 20686,"greatest asset",1 85772,"lasting images",1 157295,"depressingly prosaic and dull",0 63502,"A thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause .",1 178747,"wo n't stand the test of time",0 239109,"you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 53412,"is at 22 a powerful young actor .",1 170966,"should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows",0 109544,"The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed",0 167878,"of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability",0 167074,"oafish",0 91361,"refreshingly realistic",1 133071,"spare dialogue",0 222771,"But it does n't leave you with much .",0 17510,"the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations",1 60904,"'s affecting , amusing , sad and reflective .",1 109476,"The Road to Perdition",1 162940,"is in every way inferior to that of John",0 9828,"pretentious",0 187780,"The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1 74443,"are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp",0 50678,"decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy",0 66238,"If Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .",0 61401,"( A ) rare movie",1 163890,"it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",0 143401,"A trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience .",0 30581,"daring work",1 130436,"popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed",1 205502,"low-rent --",0 23535,", but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 79080,"enough moments to keep it entertaining",1 110077,"The philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics",0 145900,"Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject",0 76435,"capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism",1 113369,"actually give them life",1 189078,"This rough trade Punch-and-Judy act did n't play well then",0 221861,"10ꯠ",1 118773,"dullingly",0 43238,"'s enough to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective .",0 171740,"sound like it was co-written by Mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry",0 32954,"in the prime of their talent",1 30666,"delicious",1 202581,"is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast",0 37003,"siren",0 27787,"a roller-coaster ride",1 239081,"yet it proves surprisingly serviceable",1 215066,"the most depressing movie-going experiences I can think of",0 202140,"incinerates Frank Capra 's classic",0 61402,"( A ) rare movie that makes us",1 33503,"is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling",1 112726,"a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the French Revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",1 11384,"the film delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days",1 8142,"its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously ,",0 79211,"establishes its ominous mood and tension",1 147951,"Or emptying rat traps .",0 103451,"A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible",1 94441,"than the real thing",1 218950,"weak claims",0 173469,"the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid",1 176426,"to suffer '",0 235482,"schmaltzy and predictable",0 92380,"sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",0 170817,"shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes",0 21874,"richer in the bargain",1 126399,"lost their movie mojo",0 220486,"'' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .",1 53067,"inept school productions , but",0 154276,"as thick as the cigarette smoke",0 212520,"starts to become good .",1 187914,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid",0 18674,"An unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story",1 83138,"in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining",1 189325,"Ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .",0 187297,"Shunji Iwai 's All About Lily Chou Chou is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in Japan .",0 162226,"innovative ,",1 223858,"I thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny",1 26738,"The Powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question .",1 210533,"reworks",1 7935,"it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects",0 200296,"guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves",0 223313,"Extremely boring .",0 92882,"smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy",1 202640,"is a riot . The movie is a dud .",0 200436,"hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread",0 232267,"is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills",0 187878,"The Sum of All Fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ) .",0 6363,"exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time ,",1 132740,"so insanely stupid ,",0 154577,"badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario",0 107253,"Just as the lousy Tarantino imitations have subsided",0 151093,"Yes , dull",0 176468,"to the brilliant original",1 233944,"more than anything else slight ... Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations",0 139957,"will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever",1 225256,"Obvious .",0 150907,"While Glover , the irrepressible eccentric of River 's Edge , Dead Man and Back to the Future , is perfect casting for the role",1 203894,"it familiar and insufficiently cathartic",0 213745,"that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse",0 168176,"one Hollywood cliche",0 218499,"very sluggish pace",0 162539,"is 100 % missing here",0 26140,"Myers",1 238905,"with some ingenious plot devices and some",1 193170,"are quite funny , but Jonah",1 183657,"Elizabeth Hurley 's",1 226565,"There 's an energy to Y Tu Mamá También .",1 57498,"suitable entry",1 183310,"DeNiro 's once promising career",0 155603,"but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters .",0 106414,"I Spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .",1 182448,"An unfortunate title for a film that has nothing endearing about it .",0 47774,"` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme .",1 231149,"gets old quickly .",0 43798,", yet compelling",1 84806,"is very funny , but not always",1 90310,"pissed",0 30815,"director Peter Sheridan",1 39536,"typical Miike : fast , furious and full",1 147792,"Not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality , it fails the most basic relevancy test as well .",0 182858,"Boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome .",0 141938,", Altar Boys requires a taste for Swamp Thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score .",0 213570,"that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could",0 123273,"inane and unimaginative",0 24464,"A sober and affecting chronicle of the leveling",1 160591,"has a bigger rant on the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town America .",0 234046,"naïveté",0 94933,"that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that I usually dread encountering the most - The Fanboy",0 17014,"pure finesse",1 102914,", then Triple X marks the spot .",1 146131,"I thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers .",0 221717,"- as-nasty -",0 13653,", the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway",1 11734,"the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable .",1 131738,"satire Lucky Break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 225508,"Pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away .",0 61996,", is wry and engrossing .",1 176940,"tuneless",0 66804,"Its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway .",1 64765,"Combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end",0 231906,"images even more haunting than those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 221358,", he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .",0 37394,"strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",1 118672,"drag on for nearly three hours",0 43037,"works well and",1 112810,"a strong thumbs up",1 114631,"are never more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach .",0 108879,"Shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating Patch Adams",0 98225,"to place blame",0 82169,"high-wattage brainpower",1 231700,"high-minded snoozer .",0 115133,"assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over",0 31623,"film to shake from your conscience when night falls",1 136903,"this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction",0 95187,"the best inside-show-biz",1 16605,"mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser",1 91311,"recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting .",1 53558,"is nothing to sneeze at these days",1 2513,"that keeps you guessing at almost every turn",1 211655,"sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism",0 216415,"this is the most visually unappealing",0 91209,"real-time rhythms",1 229996,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films",1 73232,"admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent 's complaint .",1 154868,"became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 142255,", it 's a sitcom without the snap-crackle .",0 136859,"thinly sketched story . Killing time",0 19097,"Moore 's complex and important film",1 49250,"as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable",1 97434,"this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .",1 223404,"For the future , one hopes Mr. Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .",0 230471,"eat popcorn",1 190708,"a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for .",1 59688,"unfamiliar with",0 201008,"helmer",1 101980,"'s unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle",0 71950,"a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise",1 138452,"twice as powerful",1 1552,"kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie . and",1 211115,"seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .",0 110492,"This is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it .",1 6172,"embellishing the misanthropic tale",0 106884,"It 's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure .",0 117612,"courage and happiness",1 207230,"not-nearly",0 120367,"for a painful ride",0 208862,"out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment",0 2335,"so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 218592,"vivacious",1 222068,"A powerful performance from Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16 .",1 97948,"to be wholesome and subversive at the same time",1 21759,"precisely what to make of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 81317,"graces",1 98654,"transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor .",1 168515,"overblown clunker",0 136182,"the same love story",0 19215,"Remarkably accessible and affecting .",1 114843,"as a virgin with a chastity belt . That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 113944,"an amazing breakthrough",1 130596,"pretty and gifted",1 47492,"Two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and",1 219961,"work , love stories require the full emotional involvement",1 36551,"revelation and excitement",1 191553,"a total loss",0 230244,"director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell",1 181993,"A sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices",0 62266,", the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs . man as Brother-Man vs . The Man .",1 118899,"edge or",1 122822,"impressive style",1 43983,"A captivating coming-of-age story",1 146182,"If Myers decides to make another Austin Powers movie , maybe he should just stick with Austin and Dr Evil .",0 185239,"It all comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't .",0 124124,"is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture",0 113482,"after the most awful acts are committed",0 152166,"a nice concept",1 87931,"no solace here , no entertainment value ,",0 73834,"an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war",1 60601,"young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",1 183361,"Deserving of its critical backlash and more",0 183621,"Eccentric enough to stave off doldrums",1 226282,"The film reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style .",1 219058,"were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 201395,"how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",1 207995,"of softheaded metaphysical claptrap",1 124457,"is rather choppy",0 91358,"refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original",1 44141,"A lean , deftly shot",1 228037,"a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 58554,"the original 's",1 226835,"Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him .",0 186988,"Robin Williams , Death to Smoochy",1 51890,"freedom to feel contradictory things",1 120573,"forgiveness and love",1 121653,"has a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair : lavish period scenery : and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out .",1 163078,"is n't funny ,",0 180792,", ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious",0 237502,"this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 27429,"a clearer view",1 230536,"enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul 's novel",1 19613,"a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone",1 12616,"ugly , pointless and",0 24622,"An epic",1 27921,"a typically solid performance",1 124056,"is frequently amusing",1 158093,"earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you almost forget the sheer ,",1 50464,"cool and",1 95030,"the German occupation",0 200851,"have no affinity for most of the characters . Nothing about them is attractive . What they see in each other also is difficult to fathom .",0 182745,"Been there , done that ,",0 148738,"Some of Seagal 's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot",0 216557,"those so-so films that could have been much better",0 122240,"hilarious adventure",1 229383,"better than the pitiful Insurrection",1 165296,"lot funnier",1 115148,"at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors",0 237453,"they fascinate in their recklessness .",1 18702,"As expected , Sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .",1 202350,"interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 18221,"it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .",1 143568,"Ahola is simply not an actor . And in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",0 143492,"Accuracy and realism are terrific , but",1 233337,"leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths .",0 65028,"Despite its old-hat set-up and predictable plot , Empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining .",1 185140,"It 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and",0 40997,"It 's often infuriatingly glib and posturing ,",0 37087,"so steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not",1 76607,"charismatic charmer",1 168510,"overall the Halloween series has lost its edge",0 64724,"Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm",1 202427,"into rambling incoherence",0 66113,"I 'm not generally a fan of vegetables but this batch is pretty cute",1 163721,"it aims so low",0 62430,", wonderful",1 28232,"along in a long , long time",1 188313,"The lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma . We do n't even like their characters .",1 128631,"of earnest textbook psychologizing",1 99799,"well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .",1 196068,"completely ridiculous",0 49659,"believable",1 187524,"Squandering",0 136059,"the previous film 's successes",1 32882,"in its dumbness",0 102241,", Elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .",1 121979,"have produced sparkling retina candy",1 18754,"Bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability .",1 14893,"absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere",1 141255,"'s basically an overlong episode of Tales from the Crypt",0 181324,"... may look classy in a '60s - homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry .",0 61432,"( Fincher 's ) camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller .",1 9940,"qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating",0 62442,", you barely realize your mind is being blown .",1 61450,"( Hayek ) throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with Molina",1 2984,"too smugly superior to like",0 110122,"The real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and",1 113907,"an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle",1 55178,"ocean visuals",1 189830,"Woody Allen used to ridicule movies like Hollywood Ending . Now he makes them .",0 217783,"tried hard",1 61423,"( Dong ) makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up",1 182241,"All the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale",1 142251,", it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance",0 163037,"is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho",0 134009,"terrorist attacks",0 211589,"sick sense",0 151150,"Young Guns meets Goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs",0 228508,"amusing concept",1 109127,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment",1 4540,"alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life .",1 20195,"buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man",0 51469,"fact , the best in recent memory",1 33394,"is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs .",1 148057,"Perceptive",1 231978,"in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave",0 138713,"unintentionally",1 174106,"the impressive cast list",1 190829,"a little fleeing of its own",0 223085,"Decent but dull .",0 177216,"universally interesting soul",1 113404,"admire these people 's dedication to their cause or",1 209518,"poor casting",0 121646,"has a brain",1 216633,"thrills , too many flashbacks",0 190760,"a ho-hum affair , always",0 3401,"( haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' all that heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply put , '' far from heaven '' is a masterpiece",1 52527,"healthy sense",1 141884,"( most notably wretched sound design )",0 133409,"striking about Jolie 's performance",1 91992,"scintillating",1 49139,"are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns",1 159525,"for thrills , suspense ,",1 31509,"fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question .",1 60633,"' ... Despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1 196725,"demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested",0 68694,"Seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as Happiness was",0 141589,"'s so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff",0 237247,"the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 72565,"a strong education and",1 108767,"Saved",1 149972,"The very definition of what critics have come to term an '' ambitious failure",0 207013,"no charm , no laughs , no fun ,",0 72444,"a smartly directed , grown-up film",1 222123,"A well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release .",1 193575,"as stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer",0 81234,"good measure",1 154671,"be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering",0 207934,"of profound characterizations",1 125850,"leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature",1 103647,"A high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of Berlin",1 168065,"on both sides it falls short",0 117661,"crass , low-wattage",0 34315,"makes its own , quieter observations",1 35247,"of fluctuating female sexuality",1 83266,"increasingly important film industry",1 33249,"is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality .",1 217111,"to include anything even halfway scary",0 188017,"The characters are interesting and the relationship between Yosuke and Saeko is worth watching as it develops ,",1 160874,"have made it an exhilarating",1 115682,"become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair",0 1954,"on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior",0 197594,"dull and wooden",0 145501,"Friday After Next has the same problem that Next Friday did --",0 82721,"impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman",1 74025,"and con , for adults",0 170381,"savviest",1 139681,"while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death",0 150350,"Though Perry and Hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn , neither the actors nor director Reginald Hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining .",0 219024,"well-produced",1 84032,"is as a cross between Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia and David Lynch 's Mulholland Dr .",1 40915,"Frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable --",1 80148,"flourish",1 11831,"the right conditions",1 208921,"overflowing septic tank",0 131900,"see : terrorists are more evil than ever !",0 232580,"is n't heated",0 133310,"still shines in her quiet blue eyes",1 163369,"is so trite that even Yu 's high-energy action stylings ca n't break through the stupor .",0 22691,"vibrant",1 63780,"Ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints .",1 105131,"Claude Chabrol 's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements .",1 220926,"'s not that funny -- which is just generally insulting",0 151457,"a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected",0 187973,"The beautiful , unusual music is this film 's chief draw",1 41956,"fresh and",1 141408,"'s like every bad idea that 's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? ) .",0 55894,"overlong",0 121266,"going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 147136,"Let 's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line : Stay home",0 235964,"spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",0 88444,"of becoming a better person through love",1 123940,"is as predictable as can be",0 171546,"solemn and horrifying , yet",1 55351,"of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",1 131522,"rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that Glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .",0 201885,"in hero worship",1 38446,"the most powerful thing in life",1 121350,"gorgeous film",1 32273,"has a plot that rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder .",1 178508,"with a nice vomit bath at his wedding",0 181578,"A complete waste of time .",0 236470,"that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 185283,"It goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots .",0 230486,"elevate `` Glory ''",1 24933,"Call me a wimp",0 110815,"Underachieves",0 116227,"bring their characters to life . A little melodramatic , but with enough hope",1 37042,"smart , edgy voice",1 146023,"I can take infantile humor ... but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers .",0 94101,"take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion",1 123878,"is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings",0 69897,"The sentimental script has problems",0 114449,"any working class community",1 188154,"The film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes ... drag the movie down .",0 21424,"no meaning",0 43246,"'s every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films",1 221240,", `` Orange County '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .",1 148757,"Something akin to a Japanese Alice Through the Looking Glass , except that it seems to take itself far more seriously .",1 6694,"from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",0 87992,"not a word of English",0 123741,"is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit",0 116680,"captures both the beauty of the land and the people .",1 222439,"As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired .",0 56517,"remarkable performances",1 162062,"in this less-than-magic kingdom",0 123784,"is a movie so insecure about its capacity",0 94018,"sweet , melancholy spell",1 196517,"curiously tepid and choppy recycling",0 2104,"pta proud yet director",0 79805,"female friendship that men can embrace and",1 27362,"a bad journey",0 96263,"the nourishing aspects of love and companionship",1 78099,"develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .",1 43313,"'s really only one good idea in this movie",0 155770,"by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense",0 46846,"Strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . As it is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 295,"a whimper",0 200760,"have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again",0 105491,"Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body",0 54601,"manages to incorporate both the horror",1 47551,"Wang Xiaoshuai directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men .",1 169554,"quickly becomes monotonous .",0 89209,"of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .",1 27765,"a ravishing consciousness-raiser",1 98452,"to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 4006,"a murderous",0 47215,"The pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers",1 62385,", uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 215512,"the rollicking dark humor so necessary",1 59133,"timely and important",1 76473,"cartoon 's",1 145948,"I 'm just too bored to care .",0 223896,"If I could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it .",0 99334,"very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable",1 116225,"bring off this wild Welsh whimsy",1 19230,"Romanek keeps the film constantly taut ... reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score .",1 144267,"Britney 's cutoffs",0 89278,"offers us the sense that on some elemental level , Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .",1 217494,"to triumphantly sermonize",1 163867,"it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",0 37510,"surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters",1 182841,"Blessed with a searing lead performance by Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative . It 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .",0 208686,"only had a week to live",0 78994,"engaging and exciting",1 171999,"still need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs .",0 42127,"intense and",1 202994,"is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .",0 38200,"the film 's conflict-powered plot",1 26421,"Rare Birds has more than enough charm to make it memorable .",1 215651,"the sparse instances of humor",0 48058,"a genuinely spooky premise and",1 213463,"thanks to an astonishingly witless script",0 109963,"The more you think about the movie , the more you will probably like it .",1 68000,"One of the best movies of the year .",1 25346,"Ford deserves to be remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier .",1 71488,"a cruelly funny twist",1 83891,"is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially",1 70888,"While it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .",1 198442,"fails at both endeavors",0 82567,"humour and pathos",1 167314,"of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun",0 229470,"bring their characters to life .",1 114132,"an ordinary big-screen star",0 41552,"an uncommonly human character ,",1 38860,"therapeutic to laugh along with them",1 190012,"` fatal script error",0 97939,"to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning",1 156212,"cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad .",0 205904,"maudlin ending",0 123999,"is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick",1 24674,"And in this regard , On Guard delivers .",1 98142,"to its superior cast",1 140452,"works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .",1 30619,"decent full-on space battle",1 228529,"an admittedly limited extent",0 116844,"characteristically startling visual style",1 151737,"a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire",0 231498,"has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and",1 75743,"bliss",1 72418,"a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` Manhunter '",1 31830,"formulaic potholes that befall its brethren",0 56879,"several strong performances",1 108589,"Reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock 's thrillers , most of the scary parts in ` Signs '",1 181462,"9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included",0 152712,"about $ 40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead",0 182433,"An occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten .",0 207088,"no psychology here ,",0 184677,"I know better than to rush to the theatre for this one",0 211665,"single good film",1 203275,"is often way off",0 32564,"his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance",1 48314,"a real anarchic flair",1 117035,"clean-cut",1 50913,"disturbing , yet compelling to watch",1 223283,"Every joke is repeated at least --",0 191209,"a retail clerk",1 7208,"homage",1 92431,"shakes you vigorously for its duration",1 219759,"with its imaginative premise",1 143528,"Admirable , certainly , but not much fun to watch . For Caine Lovers only .",0 8509,"literally",1 18759,"But it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",1 2185,"sad to say",0 125133,"it was , as my friend David Cross would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 230516,"ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way",0 82931,"in earnest dramaturgy",1 112172,"a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another",0 68576,"Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 217573,"too clever for its own good",0 150136,"These spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but they fall short of being interesting or entertaining .",0 76808,"clever and subtle",1 66191,"I might add -- slice of comedic bliss",1 73928,"an otherwise delightful comedy",1 32501,"hilarious romantic comedy",1 197356,"does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences",0 35121,"of Reggio 's images and Glass ' evocative music ...",1 184544,"Humorless",0 28312,"an agreeable time-wasting device",0 111981,"a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations .",1 67608,"More concerned with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers , Soderbergh 's Solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem .",1 191254,"a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads",0 133619,"sultry",1 51455,"extremely imaginative through out",1 92190,"seen or heard anything quite like this film",1 111156,"Wildly incompetent but brilliantly named Half Past Dead -- or for Seagal pessimists :",0 119454,"examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do .",1 98153,"to keep things interesting",1 118022,"delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama",1 41655,"boasts a huge charm factor and",1 38932,"this coming-of-age story",1 76675,"chilling style",1 170210,"rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them .",0 156512,"come along for an integral part of the ride",1 187692,"Tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm ,",1 185117,"It 's hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby .",0 196912,"did n't find much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",0 201819,"in amazement over the fact",1 163591,"is worth e-mailing home about",1 81514,"hallmark film",1 190341,"a community-college advertisement",0 58431,"the journey is far more interesting than the final destination",1 78451,"does n't have a passion for the material .",0 113673,"all things we 've seen before",0 189057,"This movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies",0 157456,"diminishes her stature",0 138085,"too fancy",0 140318,"without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny",1 65793,"Goes Down",0 152816,"absent in recent crass-a-thons like Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers",0 230688,"explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 104371,"An ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily",0 213572,"that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 88053,"nothing like love to give a movie a B-12 shot",1 197706,"educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",0 176029,"to care one way or another",1 96194,"the most severe kind",0 76408,"capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's",1 102048,"( '' Safe Conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage . Viva le Resistance !",1 45503,"Hoffman 's powerful acting clinic",1 124909,"it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",1 68745,"Sheds light",1 102634,", it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie",0 208899,"over with",0 53916,"its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful",1 130495,"potentially incredibly",1 125478,"joyous life",1 9492,"one of the smartest takes on singles culture i 've seen in a long time .",1 49217,"around a gripping story",1 209094,"particularly memorable or even all that funny",0 188858,"There 's surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits .",0 219985,"worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz",0 48804,"allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue",1 115324,"bad acting",0 78062,"destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 142540,", there 's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at .",0 234314,"of ` laugh therapy '",1 219164,"when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling",0 226396,"The only thing to fear about `` Fear Dot Com '' is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film .",0 74691,"as good as The Full Monty , but a really strong second effort .",1 191826,"absorbing to American audiences",1 78418,"does have its charms",1 13517,", ambition and accomplishment",1 79830,"few equals this side of Aesop",1 237399,"there 's an enthusiastic charm in Fire that makes the formula fresh again",1 204383,"jagged ,",0 184353,"Hate it because it 's lousy .",0 160330,"greasiest",0 702,"cinematic",1 99555,"want to leave your date behind for this one",0 181018,", the satire is weak .",0 89336,"old-hat",0 28511,"and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",0 183334,"Deliberately and devotedly constructed",1 133161,"spot-on",1 114634,"are not to be dismissed",1 30744,"despondent and vulnerable",0 67847,"Nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : He is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",1 155840,"ca n't disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that",0 219776,"with miscalculations",0 34322,"makes the preposterous lying hero into something more than he reasonably should be .",0 117689,"created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family",1 2659,"the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it",0 128779,"of low-budget filmmaking",0 190390,"a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening",1 174930,"the true creativity would have been to hide Treasure Planet entirely and completely reimagine it .",0 79094,"enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and",1 5895,"denying",0 131541,"riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it plod along .",0 189253,"Totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",0 213937,"that we '' do n't care about the truth",0 133413,"striking villains",1 78725,"easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking",1 169923,"relentlessly saccharine",0 27035,"Thoughtful , even",1 195914,"come from seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie and watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell",0 19998,"as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 162080,"in what 's supposed to be a comedy",0 235537,"seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation",0 107255,"Just as the recent Argentine film Son of the Bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart",1 42591,"seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma ,",1 156104,"celebrates middle-aged girl power ,",1 215948,"the worst titles in recent cinematic history",0 199068,"flinging their feces",0 125795,"laugh-out-loud funny",1 192655,"an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious",0 222041,"A look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",1 72440,"a smart movie",1 154184,"as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 52479,"have chemistry",1 105779,"Far more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than last year 's Kubrick-meets-Spielberg exercise .",1 101161,"you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 83001,"in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1 64105,"As tricky and satisfying as any of David",1 23512,", but its pleasures are still plentiful .",1 225354,"Ourside the theatre Roger might be intolerable company ,",0 68703,"Sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction",1 20451,"endearingly",1 23592,", edgy",1 125651,"knows everything and answers all questions",1 68430,"Rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , Jiang Wen 's Devils on the Doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut .",1 120155,"firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action",0 228349,"action clichés",0 121517,"hack script",0 220277,"you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on",0 177562,"waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters .",0 233710,"making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work",1 85010,"it does n't disappoint .",1 210179,"realized that no matter how fantastic Reign of Fire looked , its story was making no sense at all",0 184986,"Is it really an advantage to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets ?",0 197614,"dumb story",0 66816,"Its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work",1 21799,"raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie .",1 183248,"Cry , Deliverance , and",0 93983,"suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics",1 230140,"delivers and",1 56017,"pesky mother",0 84298,"is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm .",1 215553,"the satire is weak .",0 47886,"a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey",1 46067,"Maelstrom is strange and compelling",1 192209,"all the complications",1 73853,"an insane comic undertaking",1 204177,"its dreaminess",1 190700,"a grenade",0 149416,"The film is based on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner .",0 61129,"'s mostly a pleasure to watch .",1 96187,"the most politically audacious films of recent decades",1 156623,"complete and utter lack",0 148155,"Pretension , in its own way",0 80872,"gay personal ads",0 225440,"Personal Velocity has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness , yet",0 111919,"a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast",0 171306,"slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank",0 104345,"An instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely",0 74253,"approach to the workplace romantic comedy .",1 158381,"erratic dramedy",0 186918,"Return to Neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and",1 84995,"it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one",1 85652,"kid-friendly",1 147600,"My response to the film is best described as lukewarm . Maybe I found the proceedings a little bit too conventional .",0 170617,"seems to be having a wonderful time",1 5769,"could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up",0 117459,"construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis",0 23118,"'s extremely well played and often very funny",1 60946,"'s anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair .",1 95168,"the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery",1 63454,"A superlative B movie",1 63283,"A properly spooky film about the power of spirits",1 34284,"majesty",1 238856,"with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom",1 30946,"drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love",1 209846,"provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency",0 146729,"It may be an easy swipe to take , but this Barbershop just does n't make the cut .",0 12481,"too bad",0 77464,"could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction",0 42655,"some awesome action photography and",1 184600,"I become very involved in the proceedings : to me",1 61208,"'s pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men",1 117690,"creates a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty",1 136604,"the works of an artist",1 60245,"will love this movie",1 71551,"a deserved co-winner",1 47273,"The touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible .",1 22527,"to make of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 124086,"is gorgeously made",1 166238,"more strongly",1 79976,"finds its moviegoing pleasures",1 194224,"be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it",0 212216,"something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine",1 218159,"undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold",0 151426,"a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours",0 91718,"ringside seat",1 133794,"tackling what seems like done-to-death material",0 13487,", '' Derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .",1 200937,"he just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them",0 148067,"Perry and Hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn",1 17032,"rare , beautiful film",1 219505,"will find plenty to shake and shiver about in ` The Ring .",1 165939,"might love this film",1 24092,". Good actress .",1 144469,"Choose your reaction : A . )",1 46421,"One of the best silly horror movies of recent memory , with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .",1 192077,"agile",1 33425,"is n't even all that dumb",1 58729,"the sogginess of its contemporary characters",0 64558,"But it does have one saving grace .",1 198035,"essentially ruined -- or , rather",0 36459,"relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",1 167888,"of upper-crust decorum",0 170283,"sad for Lise",0 190258,"a case of ` Sacre bleu ! ' than ` Magnifique '",1 94837,"that reaches across time and distance",1 208775,"orchestrating",1 81619,"has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .",1 39947,"were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time",1 91661,"rich details",1 205156,"lingering creepiness one",0 75675,"big heart",1 155706,"by Working Girl scribe Kevin Wade",0 191126,"a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like Them",0 202173,"increasingly implausible as it races",0 129316,"often lethally dull",0 4815,"arrogant",0 16156,"ingeniously constructed",1 8926,"much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor",1 203100,"is messy , murky , unsatisfying",0 79133,"enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games",1 183194,"Content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance .",0 10361,"self-promotion ends and",1 183549,"Does n't really add up to much .",0 57657,"term epic cinema",1 24057,"-- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm .",1 183064,"Charming and funny ( but ultimately silly ) movie",1 192534,"an episode of Miami Vice",0 57846,"that might even cause Tom Green a grimace : still",0 203148,"is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .",0 155516,"broad , melodramatic estrogen opera",0 163285,"is rigid and evasive in ways that Soderbergh 's best films , '' Erin Brockovich , '' '' Out of Sight '' and '' Ocean 's Eleven",1 199778,"generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing .",0 201425,"hubristic folly",0 10393,"several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 28878,"and too stylized by half",0 152407,"a sequel you can refuse",0 91215,"realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion",1 59072,"thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love ` real '",1 70638,"Visually engrossing , seldom hammy ,",1 38124,"the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun",1 198030,"essentially juiceless",0 1445,"it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 92159,"seems hopelessly juvenile .",0 23445,", and yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer .",1 189313,"Tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with Kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism : it completely contradicts everything Kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art .",0 232698,"is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited",0 17247,"so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike",0 87823,"never wanted to leave .",1 104323,"An ideal",1 88939,"of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",1 194442,"begins as a Seven rip-off",0 90365,"plays Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in Insomnia . He does this so well",1 142197,", he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",0 209744,"prime mystery",1 74287,"are among the chief reasons Brown Sugar is such a sweet and sexy film",1 47421,"Though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and",0 225554,"Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .",1 212918,"super-sized infomercial",0 38733,"the true potential of the medium",1 109287,"Sven Wollter as the stricken composer and Viveka Seldahl as his desperate violinist wife",1 26670,"Super",1 121655,"has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic",1 227050,"What goes on for the 110 minutes of `` Panic Room '' is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals .",0 47305,"There 's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of Birthday Girl .",1 132106,"sensuous and spirited",1 172355,"surfing between the Discovery Channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie",0 62793,"A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times ,",0 54435,"luckiest men",1 24024,"- murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation",1 145886,"How did it ever get made",0 17233,"so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure",1 223835,"I love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 .",1 101478,"'s How to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable .",0 216269,"things fall apart",0 20798,"his even-handed ideological ship",1 188754,"The troubling thing about Clockstoppers is that it does n't make any sense .",0 47961,"a director to watch",1 211525,"should scare any sane person away .",0 103606,"A funny , triumphant , and",1 99015,"unexpectedly insightful",1 19951,"are likely to be disappointed",0 228509,"amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media",1 111977,"a funny yet dark",1 181185,"-- and disposable story",0 100085,"who embraces a strict moral code",1 227267,"You 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins",0 218812,"waste viewers ' time",0 113345,"action\/comedy buddy movie",1 144897,"Dissing",0 110848,"Valley of the Dolls",1 24649,"An intelligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you",1 226002,"Suffers from the lack",0 66674,"It 's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies .",1 169259,"pretty good . Of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .",0 163125,"is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy .",0 27741,"a precious twinkle",1 145617,"Going To Be Really Awful",0 30660,"delicacy and force",1 233243,"keep you watching , as will the fight scenes",1 60972,"'s best served cold",1 188408,"The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable .",0 120857,"funny , smart , visually inventive , and most",1 180060,"'s tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo .",0 29813,"but his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness .",1 11520,"the integrity and vision",1 62976,"A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation",1 161555,"if Attal is this insecure in real life",0 207041,"no fun",0 60947,"'s another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ? Who knows",0 210003,"quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory .",0 116758,"casting excellent Latin actors of all ages",1 214421,"the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly",0 74983,"at the edge of your seat for long stretches",1 199450,"found in almost all of his previous works",1 153162,"all-time low",0 163698,"it 's stupid",0 183929,"Filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard for life .",0 136926,"this fascinating -- and timely -- content",1 73735,"an elegiac portrait",1 120725,"from its sleazy moralizing",0 70642,"Visually striking and viscerally repellent",1 206162,"mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant",0 91988,"sci-fi techno-sex thriller",1 226293,"The fourth `` Pokemon '' is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance .",1 233629,"make an appealing couple -- he 's understated and sardonic",1 220695,"'s a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .",1 3057,"wait for pay per view or rental",0 225482,"Polished ,",1 224640,"Like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away .",0 25792,"It is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another .",1 128489,"of a travesty of a transvestite comedy",0 139015,"very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble",1 54485,"magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length",1 3617,"a bumper",0 111123,"While the mystery unravels",1 45942,"Keenly observed and refreshingly natural",1 24543,"Adrian Lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get .",1 115517,"be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .",0 194707,"blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance",0 166596,"nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity .",1 207767,"of high hilarity",1 202650,"is a step down for director Gary Fleder",0 99861,"what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher",1 156155,"characterization , humor",1 51745,"fluff stuffed",0 46981,"The best animated feature to hit theaters since Beauty and the Beast 11 years ago .",1 51304,"equally gentle",1 26959,"There is n't a weak or careless performance",1 190622,"a frustrating patchwork",0 153027,"airless , prepackaged Julia Roberts wannabe",0 134798,"the achingly unfunny Phonce and his several silly subplots",0 93686,"stylish but steady",1 140238,"with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor",1 48335,"a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values",1 107637,"Masterpiece",1 26121,"Mr . Zhang",1 164566,"lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about",0 27479,"a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth",1 15661,"entertaining for what it does",1 223015,"Could I have been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format",1 58115,"the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis ( Auteil ) and Emilie ( Le Besco )",1 220273,"you discount its ability to bore",0 227298,"You live the mood rather than savour the story .",1 70569,"Unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck .",1 30939,"down easily",1 90548,"potentially trite and overused",0 102941,", this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .",0 48703,"adult surprises",1 197496,"dramatic nor",0 164594,"last walked out on a movie",0 94678,"that gradually sneaks up on the audience",1 179035,"yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner",0 160081,"give anyone a case of the frights",1 57791,"that exquisitely blends music , dance , song , and high drama .",1 66139,"I do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold .",1 44118,"A gripping , searing portrait of a lost soul trying to find her way through life",1 185370,"Italian freakshow",0 45742,"It 's like watching a nightmare made flesh .",0 143767,"An unencouraging threefold expansion",0 205019,"like a drunken driver",0 178455,"wishing they could roll over and take a nap",0 31988,"gasp appalled",0 164675,"learned the hard way just",0 71500,"a curiously stylized , quasi-Shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil",1 40106,"will already be among the faithful",1 7682,"is almost laughable as a consequence",0 181817,"A low-rent retread of the Alien",0 199999,"glossy knock-off",0 66737,"It is quite a vision .",1 5617,"cockamamie",0 93172,"something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects",1 135287,"the film 's crisp , unaffected style and",1 10135,"resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but",0 109705,"The direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why .",0 231140,"get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 132745,"so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment ,",0 108341,"Payami tries to raise some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process , but the result is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast",0 66516,"It 's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing .",1 54841,"more than capable",1 203745,"it 's an opera movie for the buffs .",1 40871,"Do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work",0 147944,"Opens as promising as any war\/adventure film",1 28879,"and touching to the marrow",1 88651,"of his spiritual survival",1 41147,"Only an epic documentary could get it all down , and",1 185069,"It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : '' Got AIDS yet ?",0 147710,"No aspirations",0 146616,"It 's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence .",0 110736,"Touches smartly and wistfully",1 195623,"cheap junk",0 188328,"The major problem",0 32733,"if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try",0 82327,"his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle",1 174240,"the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 231696,"here ... Not that I mind ugly : the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .",0 113567,"all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh",1 67434,"Martha enormously endearing",1 150227,"This is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento ( a producer here ) ,",0 8429,"light romantic comedy",1 151465,"a chase flick that detracts from its ending",0 225737,"Serious and thoughtful .",1 145616,"Goes on and on to the point of nausea .",0 148761,"Sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest .",0 185983,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and",0 127596,"movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid",1 54073,"keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable",1 214415,"the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen",0 155249,"bilked",0 103197,"... a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off .",0 29526,"being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical Christian movies",0 19609,"a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create",1 83008,"in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy",0 36483,"remarkably solid and subtly",1 24970,"Chilling",1 21902,"saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets",0 28520,"and authentic",1 54206,"lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",1 146949,"Just another disjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller",0 57906,"that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around",0 114265,"and not always for the better",0 2276,"sick and",0 150096,"There are touching moments in Etoiles ,",1 239061,"written so well ,",1 186942,"Richard Pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but",1 238447,"was obviously made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 216493,"this strangely schizo cartoon",0 99042,"unhurried narrative",1 134907,"the best little '' horror '' movie",1 47630,"While the film is not entirely successful , it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work .",1 23904,", the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong .",1 39976,"what you 're in the mood for",1 740,"craven",0 20452,"endearingly offbeat romantic comedy",1 181682,"A film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and",1 161630,"ill fit",0 183898,"Features nonsensical and laughable plotting , wooden performances , ineptly directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory .",0 38824,"their record label",1 134995,"the charm of Kevin Kline",1 33575,"it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time .",1 179396,"'ll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the Zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .",0 41895,"extols the virtues of comradeship and community",1 141391,"'s just no currency in deriding James Bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club .",0 93298,"spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative",1 13438,"'s a hoot and a half , and a great way for the American people to see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech",1 189730,"Wilde 's wit and",1 69927,"The story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing ,",1 195932,"comedic writing",1 213927,"that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time",0 194790,"boiled Hollywood argot",0 65912,"Hardly a film that comes along every day .",1 114867,"as beautiful",1 177710,"watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination",0 11566,"the laughs",1 48871,"an above-average cast ,",1 222460,"As is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers , Mr. Murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .",0 74489,"arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact",1 55833,"optimistic",1 100787,"wonderfully speculative character",1 167661,"of purely commercial motivation",0 39871,"watchable",1 44180,"A moving tale",1 110443,"This flat run",0 180420,", Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank ,",0 237731,"to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general",0 50024,"can trust",1 167173,"of Channel 5 grade trash",0 13790,"A real movie , about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know .",1 12257,"threatens to become didactic",0 43190,"'s alarmingly current",1 141574,"'s simply fab as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish",1 51468,"fact ,",1 211039,"seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense",0 149518,"The latest Adam Sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year",0 133764,"sweet without the decay",1 62830,"A certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents .",1 2018,"people 's capacity for evil",0 37884,"that rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",1 48373,"a single surprise",1 74083,"animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers",1 26492,"Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers , this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude .",1 232665,"is obviously a labour of love",1 124586,"is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag .",0 225312,"One of the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears .",0 224098,"Is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film",0 43147,"'s a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant .",0 213734,"that it was intended to be a different kind of film",1 115067,"as unblinkingly pure as The Hours",0 190111,"a Wal-Mart budget",0 194711,"blatant derivativeness",0 105284,"Cuba Gooding Jr . valiantly mugs his way through Snow Dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy .",0 2824,"these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and",0 175828,"to Slowtime",0 28992,"anything resembling reality",1 132005,"seems fresh and vital .",1 233441,"like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book",0 122477,"hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring",0 202373,"intimate and therefore bolder",1 18490,", though still positive ,",1 190617,"a fresh point of view",1 191488,"a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo",0 31085,"encourage",1 162795,"is barely worth following",0 221768,"... Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario .",0 69560,"The film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work .",1 168157,"on untuned instruments",0 192800,"angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck ''",0 57345,"stiffness",0 71806,"a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie",1 128284,"of Animal House",1 12212,"this stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror",0 47827,"a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country",1 193179,"are side stories aplenty",1 70044,"The year 's greatest adventure",1 149336,"The ending does n't work ...",0 70922,"While this movie , by necessity , lacks Fellowship 's heart , Two Towers outdoes its spectacle .",1 168247,"one that seems to be made for a different film altogether",0 197516,"dreamed up",1 40724,"A truly moving experience ,",1 125652,"knows everything and answers all questions ,",1 146419,"It 's a loathsome movie , it really is",0 154256,"as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery",0 196874,"detriment",0 52654,"his promise remains undiminished",1 77124,"comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt .",1 124774,"is worth your time",1 27291,"You 'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged",1 113810,"ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation",1 150642,"Very special effects , brilliantly bold colors",1 147724,"No one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime",0 151333,"a bad high school production",0 145885,"How can something so gross be so boring ?",0 230077,"damn thing .",0 7247,"humorously",1 141130,"'s a long time before the fat lady sings",0 70678,"Walter Hill 's Undisputed is like a 1940s Warner Bros . B picture , and",0 32696,"humor and poignancy",1 118336,"disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 1931,"of weird performances and direction",0 87826,"new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers",1 109163,"Star Trek was kind of terrific once ,",1 40307,"without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue",1 155799,"by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 128482,"of a thousand cliches",0 164543,"lacks the kind of dynamic that Limbo offers , and in some ways is a rather indulgent piece .",0 192997,"appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept",0 149590,"The movie has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs .",0 217264,"to produce another smash",1 202720,"is an ` action film ' mired in stasis .",1 161952,"in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 16358,"it unforgettable",1 32439,"heart-stopping recipe",1 59694,"unflaggingly creative .",1 223655,"Hilariously inept and ridiculous .",1 207429,"of French hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay",0 197886,"engaging charisma",1 205024,"like a good guy",1 110780,"Tully is worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham .",1 11296,"the doofus-on",0 33934,"kickass",1 142790,"... is so pat it makes your teeth hurt .",0 224124,"It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur .",1 197598,"dull in its lack of poetic frissons",0 111667,"a collision",0 160177,"go very right",1 162631,"is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films",1 64835,"Could have been crisper and punchier , but it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies",1 210451,"repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 14571,"Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though",0 4181,"a sweet treasure",1 77616,"cruelly funny twist",1 72316,"a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion",1 238847,"with `` The Bourne Identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre .",1 54545,"makes Oliver far more interesting",1 165276,"loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person",0 28350,"an eventful summer",1 193434,"as daring as John Ritter 's glory days",1 135545,"the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks",0 209757,"probe Lear 's soul-stripping breakdown",1 128704,"of his recent death",0 147177,"Like so many other allegedly scary movies",0 210685,"running time , you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .",0 23659,", heartfelt family drama .",1 20845,"if it only had a brain",0 229614,"ca n't go wrong .",1 118149,"despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",1 65680,"From a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving French drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .",1 220626,"'re desperate for the evening to end .",0 54219,"levity",1 50240,"colorful and",1 184844,"If you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright , then Blood Work is for you .",0 161563,"if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might",1 169116,"possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 36634,"run-of-the-mill",0 75965,"brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project ,",1 88888,"of sly humor",1 230038,"creates images even more haunting than those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic .",1 36528,"resorting to hyperbole",0 99794,"well told .",1 86070,"like it was worth your seven bucks ,",1 123858,"is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace",1 103413,"A beautiful paean to a time",1 65860,"Great performances , stylish cinematography",1 164635,"laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy",0 193455,"as funny nor",0 156894,"could possibly make them less interesting than they already are",0 82056,"heavy for all that has preceded it",1 40759,"An epic of grandeur and scale",1 141839,"( a ) strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for Rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense .",0 183945,"Five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay :",0 25848,"Jason Bourne .",1 46492,"Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool",1 74545,"as Gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",1 159139,"find a ` literary ' filmmaking style",0 98183,"to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson",0 104024,"A worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions .",1 26642,"Stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .",1 82178,"highly gifted 12-year-old",1 7980,"it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 226458,"The reality of the new live-action Pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque .",0 152079,"a monopoly on mindless action",0 117729,"critically insightful",1 177543,"vulgar as",0 97317,"think it 's a tougher picture than it is",0 227699,"`` terrible",0 136790,"they are n't able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space",0 154755,"be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither",0 15298,"brisk pace",1 42587,"screenwriter Charlie Kaufman ,",1 158759,"fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .",0 119393,"every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable",0 60944,"'s an utterly static picture",0 125895,"left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity",0 109011,"Smoke Signals",1 169915,"released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed",0 41464,"a nonstop parade of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types",0 53594,"is quiet , threatening and unforgettable .",1 212407,"squanders as much as it gives out",0 99343,"very funny , but",1 170962,"should have been",0 221210,", Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''",0 11568,"the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker",1 229624,"call it a work of art",1 162674,"is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship",0 163842,"it is n't very good",0 155790,"by the film 's primitive approach",0 185217,"It 's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much Norma Rae and not enough Pretty Woman",0 97138,"their own immaturity",0 130013,"pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report",0 73705,"an auspicious feature debut",1 13176,"with the solution to another",1 193057,"are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels",0 23834,", ramshackle landscape",1 207144,"none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' ,",0 150905,"While Benigni ( who stars and co-wrote ) seems to be having a wonderful time",1 24293,"A charming , quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy",1 28717,"and murder",0 218111,"under-10 set",0 200511,"has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness",0 20820,"hit you where you live",0 82483,"how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew",1 232324,"is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 202639,"is a riot . The movie is a dud",0 178721,"without that silly ponytail",0 220481,"'' exceeds expectations .",1 893,"enjoy",1 4250,"a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation",1 172126,"strong , determined monarch",1 80530,"freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box",1 51804,"for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",1 93930,"surprisingly charming and",1 154562,"bad one",0 231643,"he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .",0 232823,"is the spontaneity , originality and delight .",1 219132,"what made you love it",1 141329,"'s frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high .",0 81014,"getting weirder",0 27859,"a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone",1 160802,"have an interest in the characters you see",1 26993,"This is n't my favorite in the series , still",0 2986,"toxic",0 194135,"be funny if a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no . But here 's a movie about it anyway",0 129925,"own pretentious self-examination",0 21572,"of the saddest films I have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 105632,"Engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story ,",1 90415,"plight and isolation",0 91619,"reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .",1 179619,"'s always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic .",0 110183,"The story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday .",1 98116,"to his supple understanding of the role",1 144829,"Diane Lane shines",1 84391,"is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",1 235480,"scenes all end in someone screaming",0 169780,"really really high notes",1 40786,"Baran is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed , by its director --",0 217393,"to sustain laughs",1 159674,"fritters away",0 181246,". Here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",0 154750,"be hard to burn out of your brain",0 49268,"as enlightening , insightful and entertaining",1 108509,"Puts on airs of a Hal Hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .",0 222144,"A.E.W. Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers '' bare",0 24250,": a Triumph , however , it is not .",0 29341,"audiences to the edge of their seats",1 97898,"to be a bit of a cheat in the end",0 172894,"that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 40371,"worthy companion",1 184232,"Grant is n't Cary and Bullock is n't Katherine .",0 155328,"blurs",0 161712,"imprisonment",0 13356,"you can thank me for this",1 20671,"good time",1 96319,"the outlandishness of the idea itself",1 21827,"recommend",1 124079,"is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment .",1 175357,"this could be the worst thing Soderbergh has ever done .",0 53746,"it 's enough to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective .",0 114871,"as beautiful , desirable , even delectable",1 212342,"spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects",0 181757,"A laughable -- or rather , unlaughable",0 58090,"the brim with ideas",1 206051,"mere plot pawn",0 101006,"wry comic mayhem",1 176664,"too much of most viewers",0 144634,"Could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison",0 128706,"of his reserved but existential poignancy",1 148909,"Suffers from all the excesses of the genre",0 162283,"insufferable the character",0 196341,"counterparts well",1 103702,"A mean-spirited film made by someone who surely read The Catcher in the Rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia",0 113734,"almost unbearably morbid",0 60456,"wonderfully loopy",1 180319,") ensure that the film is never dull",1 13002,"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it",0 21291,"manages to outshine the role",1 151982,"a loathsome movie",0 27523,"a film to be savored .",1 139169,"want it to be better and more successful than it is",0 211986,"so old-fashioned",0 124557,"is solid , satisfying fare for adults",1 119855,"feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite",1 14794,"a nice wintry look from his locations",1 215561,"the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 213600,"that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 135740,"the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are",1 140821,"you will probably like it .",1 15574,"does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations",1 227184,"With `` Ichi the Killer '' , Takashi Miike , Japan 's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than Batman ...",0 134170,"that ( Nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition",0 52007,"funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated ,",1 37837,"that is weird , wacky and wonderful",1 149600,"The movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ... it 's at least watchable .",0 18167,"you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun",1 185135,"It 's just merely very bad",0 69926,"The story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing",1 139836,"why Blue Crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is",1 189136,"Though it was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal",1 91602,"returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power",1 149183,"The acting is stiff",0 160235,"gone awry",0 152080,"a monotonous",0 143681,"American Chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an Indian-American would recognize .",0 60651,"'' Lilo & Stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .",1 152550,"a substitute for humor",0 115147,"at a snail 's pace",1 77666,"cute frissons",1 63571,"A wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs",1 57797,"that have become a Spielberg trademark",1 129885,"oversimplification , superficiality and silliness",0 109157,"Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink .",0 76725,"cinematic appeal",1 142741,". It 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre .",0 72281,"a revealing look at the collaborative process and",1 9230,"of ambivalence and ambiguity",0 283,"a thought-provoking",1 41670,"bringing beloved kids ' books",1 117295,"commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material",1 194381,"been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted",0 33448,"is one for the ages",1 17541,"the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early - '80s suburbia",1 116822,"chance to see three splendid actors",1 174231,"the lower depths",0 132593,"sleaze",0 115715,"becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is",1 102931,", these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs",1 191660,"abandon the theater",0 118485,"documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",1 159297,"followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense",0 14602,"Watching Haneke 's film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment .",0 226736,"Thoughtless",0 43380,"'ve got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",1 162067,"in this tepid genre offering",0 189492,"We never feel anything for these characters , and",0 198318,"exist only for its climactic setpiece",0 58328,"the first Men in Black was money",1 46810,"Steven Soderbergh 's ` Solaris ' is a failure",0 189850,"Would Benigni 's Italian Pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster",0 115244,"attempts to mine laughs",0 62352,", this is the ultimate movie experience",1 195768,"clever moments",1 28465,"and Repulsion",0 204678,"lame and sophomoric",0 183512,"Do in Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly",0 222191,"Admirable , certainly , but not much",1 143014,"A boring , formulaic mix",0 157806,"does not translate well to the screen",0 132877,"some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits . To others",0 132624,"sloppy plotting",0 121806,"has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else",0 142170,", except that it seems to take itself far more seriously .",1 56242,"provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '",1 141016,"'m just too bored to care .",0 164796,"let slip the dogs of cheese , indeed",0 40081,"whose suffering and triumphs",1 196686,"definitely a step in the right direction",1 28733,"and packs an emotional wallop",1 75950,"bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie .",1 30421,"could be her breakthrough role",1 15954,"has a lot to offer",1 161606,"if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 34727,"much more terrifying",1 231385,"hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie",0 238359,"walk out of The Good Girl",0 177511,"visceral impact",0 188247,"The fourth in a series that I 'll bet most parents had thought -- hoped ! -- was a fad that had long since vanished .",0 102356,", ` Blade II ' just does n't cut it",0 85719,"lacking the broader vision that has seen certain Trek films",0 114602,"are intriguing and realistic",1 219564,"will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long",0 69018,"Storytelling",1 232303,"is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while",1 33105,"intense and thrilling at times",1 57316,"starts out like a typical Bible killer story",0 183234,"Crocodile Hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 Godzilla , which combined scenes of a Japanese monster flick with canned shots of Raymond Burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction .",0 7862,"it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler",0 218388,"utterly painful",0 215084,"the most poorly staged and lit action in memory",0 115005,"as pleasantly",1 162957,"is itself a sort of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very , very low .",0 111356,"You need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work . Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period ... its message is not rooted in that decade",1 104004,"A vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from start to finish .",1 216376,"this film 's chief draw",1 40193,"with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn",1 13235,"wonder , ` what 's the point ?",0 226990,"We just do n't really care too much about this love story .",0 2317,"smoother or more confident",1 50763,"demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",1 67551,"Michael Moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making ,",1 51501,"familiar road",1 185062,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so",0 66635,"It 's plotless , shapeless -- and",0 100739,"without the vulgarity and",1 95514,"the edge of your seat",1 31130,"enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free --",1 200768,"have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up",0 195853,"cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments",0 16643,"nervous",0 5505,"charged with loitering --",0 173210,"that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum",0 172318,"superficial .",0 7368,"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma .",0 1551,"kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie .",1 172459,"tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic",0 212733,"stunning star",1 8704,"marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy",1 90285,"picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film",1 220340,"you turn stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot",0 141441,"'s no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish",0 98571,"touched by this movie",1 165168,"long and relentlessly saccharine",0 69475,"The dragons are the real stars of Reign of Fire and",1 118440,"do n't care about being stupid",0 200004,"glucose sentimentality and",0 11232,"the celebrated irish playwright , poet and",1 149805,"The screenplay sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture . All the characters are stereotypes",0 69106,"Tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit",1 75936,"bright and",1 71542,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite .",1 203738,"it 's all bluster and cliché",0 127855,"neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest",0 91192,"real human soul",1 169138,"potentially terrific",1 121639,"harrowing and uplifting",1 130282,"playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",0 33051,"infuriatingly glib and posturing",0 30910,"does n't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth .",1 149157,"The Time Machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself . It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor ... it 's just plain bored",0 71004,"With lesser talents , High Crimes would be entertaining",0 38245,"the first and simply the best family film of the year",1 202738,"is an interesting character , but '' Serving Sara ''",1 237462,"they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff",1 69593,"The filmmakers ' eye for detail",1 154286,"as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this",0 208304,"offers an AIDS subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and",0 112633,"a rollicking adventure for you",1 180635,", fetishistic violence",0 229177,"be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace",0 34953,"not a classic",0 56029,"picture that illustrates an American tragedy",1 150770,"Well-nigh unendurable ...",0 24620,"An enjoyably half-wit remake",1 71473,"a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original",0 114656,"are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 192743,"and mind games",1 33450,"is one of the best examples of artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon",1 186749,"Potty-mouthed",0 34009,"lean and engaging work",1 210431,"replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could",0 172519,"takes too long figuring out what to do next",0 163812,"it has no sense of humor ... it 's just plain bored",0 223563,"Had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watching long ago .",0 157595,"distended",0 118829,"each one of these people stand out",1 118265,"directed and convincingly acted",1 189461,"Watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when Carol Kane appears on the screen .",0 112506,"a powerful sequel and one",1 168460,"outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs",0 181082,", ugly , irritating",0 24119,"... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that",0 7889,"it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies",1 34271,"made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it",1 83569,"into the extraordinarily rich landscape",1 150205,"This ill-conceived and expensive project",0 68379,"Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made --",0 43277,"'s more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with",0 70836,"What the movie lacks in action",0 182246,"All the small moments and flashbacks do n't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition .",0 188552,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and",0 100429,"with a sharp script and strong performances",1 188911,"They 're going through the motions , but",0 104098,"After a while",0 4853,"as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel '' the death of napoleon '' and directed by alan taylor , napoleon 's journey is interesting",1 98025,"to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies",1 182591,"As earnest as a community-college advertisement , American Chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school .",0 143523,"Admirable",1 223955,"If you 're paying attention , the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess -",0 100438,"with a teeth-clenching gusto",1 184327,"Has all the values of a straight-to-video movie ,",0 57703,"thanks to remarkable performances",1 788,"delivers all that and a whole lot more",1 172268,"suffer '",0 124033,"is explosive",1 59065,"those who like long books and movies will admire the way it accumulates power and depth",1 181,"a good movie",1 39902,"weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story",0 25099,"Denzel",1 183871,"Far more enjoyable than its predecessor .",1 48052,"a fun",1 159648,"free to leave",0 9914,"purely abstract",1 35006,"not want to hang out with Samantha",0 29435,"be the best same-sex romance I have seen",1 72413,"a skillful filmmaker",1 40367,"worth watching , paths worth following",1 47695,"Writer-director 's Mehta 's effort has tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres .",1 29667,"bonehead",0 126444,"love song",1 235162,"quite one of the worst movies of the year",0 123782,"is a movie full of grace",1 21312,"men in a sardine can '' warped logic",0 114673,"are so few films about the plight of American Indians in modern America that Skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front",1 181534,"A big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on .",0 142037,", Sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure .",0 38901,"things he does well",1 103551,"A fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery made by a proper , middle-aged woman .",1 122060,"he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 105989,"Given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece , the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .",0 180075,"'ve been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle",1 231375,"happens that tells you there is no sense",0 161912,"in jeopardy",0 82917,"in clarity",1 40463,"you very happy",1 101930,"'s still unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror",1 91965,"scattered",0 40816,"Children may not understand everything that happens -- I 'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted",1 135226,"the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film",1 37148,"some unexpected zigs and zags help",1 131059,"real and",1 238554,"went back to Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood",1 70047,"The year 's greatest adventure , and Jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation",1 3971,"a memorable directorial",1 109813,"The film is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor .",1 165294,"lost its originality",0 183111,"City by the Sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for . But",1 162501,"irresponsible cops",0 229414,"blacked out in the lobby",0 105328,"Davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy",1 56606,"rich tale",1 6045,"does n't want to",0 67519,"Metropolis is a feast for the eyes .",1 695,"charming movie",1 136628,"the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and The Killer which they have been patiently waiting for",1 97344,"this Dumas adaptation entertains",1 95495,"the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste",0 11836,"the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold .",1 50660,"deadpan tone",0 60231,"will find the new scenes interesting",1 144409,"Chaotic",0 51531,"far from being yesterday 's news",1 43685,", remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid .",1 188330,"The major problem with Windtalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character .",0 93191,"sometimes improbable",0 82623,"if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits",0 220431,"zero-dimensional",0 47065,"The film is beautifully mounted ,",1 206028,"melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project",0 103807,"A pretty funny movie ,",1 13948,"Children of the Century ... takes Kurys ' career to a whole new level .",1 17350,"such likeable actors",1 194521,"benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing",1 110108,"The problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and",1 16229,"is a refreshingly novel ride",1 142531,", the suspense is palpable",1 76605,"charisma and chemistry",1 149412,"The film is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously .",0 67901,"Not only better than its predecessor , it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .",1 212820,"succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",0 33672,"it is just about right",1 110156,"The sheer dumbness",0 37519,"surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph",1 194425,"before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis with a scar",0 157376,"devoid of wit",0 191558,"a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous",1 140253,"with the damned for perpetrating Patch Adams",0 99270,"utterly absorbing",1 205487,"low budget",0 24286,"A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church in Dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare teenagers into attending services .",1 44763,"Both heartbreaking and heartwarming ...",1 232236,"is SO De Palma",1 10837,"suffocating",0 153408,"an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers",1 23961,", uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy",0 159603,"found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic",0 144161,"Birot is a competent enough filmmaker",1 38093,"the constraints of formula",0 151736,"a flat , unconvincing drama",0 70602,"Vardalos and Corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm",1 52952,"in its rhythms and resonance",1 183160,"Collateral Damage offers formula payback and the Big Payoff",1 70978,"With Notorious C . H . O . Cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy .",1 204852,"length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue",0 63054,"A frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you",1 226059,"Terrific performances , great to look at , and funny",1 13219,"witty dialogue and inventive moments",1 180777,", leaning on badly-rendered CGI effects .",0 237642,"through the B.S. giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 16928,"people get a kick out of watching them today",1 126107,"like its title character , is repellantly out of control .",0 8837,"moments of promise",1 70326,"This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast . The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year",0 197928,"enough to sit through crap like this",0 178750,"women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 78831,"elevated by Michael Caine 's performance",1 64605,"Campanella gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful .",1 134583,"that the jury who bestowed star Hoffman 's brother Gordy with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at 2002 's Sundance Festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off",0 29743,"bright future",1 124564,"is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes",0 56521,"remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 20990,"is a gem . His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality . .",1 44336,"A weird , arresting little ride .",1 93988,"suspenseful enough",1 76630,"check this one out",1 159291,"focusing on the story 's least interesting subject",0 3844,"a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but",1 102237,", Dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .",0 169367,"promising ideas",1 224363,"It may as well be called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . ''",0 112304,"a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of Zishe and the fiery presence of Hanussen",1 188685,"The somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks",0 5492,"challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting",1 44111,"A gorgeous , witty , seductive movie",1 224296,"It falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose .",1 127358,"more successful",1 216636,"thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film",0 69637,"The history is fascinating :",1 43718,", the film is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us .",1 45545,"I 'm still stunned . And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on",1 37593,"takes within its warm",1 25787,"It is a film that will have people walking out halfway through , will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .",1 69401,"The beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet",1 100528,"with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .",1 214843,"the incessant lounge music",0 97397,"this film 's heart is even more embracing than Monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .",1 120462,"for originality of plot",1 134229,"that actually has a brain",1 69186,"Texan director George Ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings ,",1 89155,"of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then",1 18414,", happily ,",1 141992,", I feel sorry for Madonna .",0 103143,". It 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 93195,"sometimes tedious",0 170620,"seems to be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there .",0 60477,"worst possibilities",0 194306,"becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors .",0 84020,"is an uncompromising film .",1 202269,"insignificant",0 34823,"nail-biting suspense",1 236856,"the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 160515,"hang onto that ski mask",0 37404,"stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case",1 140668,"you 'll enjoy this movie .",1 31500,"fascinating , landmark movie",1 55899,"overmanipulative Hollywood practices",0 142265,", it 's disastrous",0 232202,"irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere .",0 7840,"it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '",0 54528,"make the award-winning Coen brothers envious",1 154177,"as hollow catharsis , with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights",0 118704,"dramatized",1 79884,"film grows on you . And",1 120816,"full of unhappy",0 23333,", Secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions .",1 18254,"'ll be taking a risk if you choose to see it",0 1190,"heroic",1 75955,"bring something new",1 27816,"a showcase for Sandler 's many talents",1 116733,"carries you",1 202881,"is enough to save Oleander 's uninspired story .",0 66363,"In its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment , Time Out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film .",1 175223,"they 're watching a 76-minute commercial",0 129840,"over-familiarity",0 18480,", then you wo n't want to miss About A Boy .",1 65663,"Fresh and raw like a blown-out vein , Narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .",1 115118,"assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him .",1 183441,"Director George Hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries ,",1 133049,"sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story",1 83215,"in welcome perspective",1 80767,"fun for all",1 25606,"Hush ! sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern Japan .",1 220901,"'s no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer",0 102862,", the capable Clayburgh and Tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .",1 164552,"lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality .",0 42673,"spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially",1 183510,"Djeinaba",1 23957,", true to himself",1 97403,"this film is part of that delicate canon",1 223723,"I 'll buy the soundtrack .",1 63174,"A mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last .",1 76688,"chimps , lots of chimps ,",1 144540,"Collateral Damage is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \ \/ 11 , an antique , in the end . As are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness .",0 204649,"lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships",0 183996,"For this sort of thing to work , we need agile performers , but the proficient , dull Sorvino has no light touch , and Rodan is out of his league",0 118744,"drowsy drama",0 22090,"subtle , supportive but unsentimental look",1 2000,"palma . if you love him , you 'll like it",1 107990,"Nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing King Lear",1 156224,"cheerful enough but imminently forgettable",0 1717,"me",1 50345,"complex characters -- sometimes tender ,",1 124536,"is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . Half Past Dead is just such an achievement",0 200586,"has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline",0 81663,"has at last decisively broken with her Friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil .",1 125961,"lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy",1 138736,"unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle",0 57072,"small-budget",0 94351,"terrorizing tone",0 87903,"no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . - West Coast rap wars",0 34295,"make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes , if that 's what you 're in the mood for .",1 1860,"notably better acted",1 1638,"lots of obvious political insights",1 69241,"The AAA of action , XXX is a blast of adrenalin , rated EEE for excitement . And Vin Diesel is the man .",1 52756,"how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure",1 156265,"choppiness",0 33344,"is brilliant as the sleep-deprived Dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical",1 91020,"quirky , charming and",1 82675,"illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in",1 166545,"nagging suspicion",0 210105,"rather toothless",0 28608,"and films it so beautifully",1 160657,"has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry",0 142564,", this has to be among the rare ones",1 147817,"Nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows .",0 219887,"without having much dramatic impact",0 52251,"great escapist fun",1 173191,"that silly ponytail",0 236463,"that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy",0 125267,"its heartfelt concern about North Korea 's recent past and South Korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight",1 178726,"without the snap-crackle",0 238606,"what makes it worth the trip to the theatre",1 206697,"much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice",0 214401,"the dead horse of surprise",0 80840,"future years as an eloquent memorial",1 118161,"determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action",1 187764,"The Chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones ,",1 42177,"is great in his role but",1 215593,"the sexuality",1 186139,"Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress",0 72993,"about the mechanisms of poverty",0 185610,"Kids do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both .",0 61564,") faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty",1 115572,"be seen everywhere",0 129253,"off-putting",0 58498,"the mood for a Bollywood film",1 42332,"make its points",1 73909,"an oddly fascinating depiction",1 32293,"has clearly been made with affection and care",1 60945,"'s anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 236788,"the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .",0 135206,"the excruciating End of Days",0 92672,"simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",1 137822,"to say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved",0 176087,"to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' TV and revenge",0 79693,"farts , urine , feces , semen , or",0 62265,", the emotions seem authentic",1 141654,"'s the only sane rationale I can think of for Swimfan 's existence",0 145906,"However it may please those who love movies that blare with pop songs",0 62870,"A compelling allegory about the last days of Germany 's democratic Weimar Republic .",1 85748,"languishing",0 36736,"see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous",1 189613,"What we have here is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .",0 143587,"All 's well that ends well ,",1 38168,"the era 's creme",1 40652,"A fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in Japanese animation",1 100119,"who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans",1 33909,"just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 160464,"half the daring , much less talent , many fewer",0 61016,"'s even more remarkable",1 208345,"old college try",0 21023,"is how much it 's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture .",1 111096,"Whether our action-and-popcorn obsessed culture will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama",1 59536,"trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles",1 44347,"A witty , whimsical feature debut",1 202986,"is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .",0 198054,"evaded completely",0 184422,"Highly uneven and",0 160707,"has never looked uglier",0 60885,"'s a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say",1 86901,"may be the performances of their careers",1 25209,"Elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them .",1 217185,"to make a classic theater piece",1 61367,"'s worth it",1 8088,"its overly complicated and derivative screenplay ,",0 98794,"turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself .",1 206566,"motivated by nothing",0 91481,"reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 39906,"weaknesses",0 41061,"Lathan and Diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new",1 99596,"warmth and gentle humor",1 5024,"be a talky bore",0 103819,"A quirky comedy",1 222648,"Boisterous , heartfelt comedy",1 108914,"Shiri is a must for genre fans .",1 203725,"it 's a fairly impressive debut from the director , Charles Stone III .",1 146048,"I doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time Christmas really rolls around",0 107888,"Mummy and The Mummy Returns",1 187347,"Slap her - she 's not funny ! No French people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half",0 8625,"make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 94894,"that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",1 169612,"rambles aimlessly",0 15763,"felt and masterfully",1 76513,"catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and",1 33787,"its heart and its spirit",1 68235,"Plutonium",1 149014,"Tales from the Crypt",1 140476,"worse stunt editing",0 63205,"A moving and important film",1 47818,"a bewildering sense",0 53664,"is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better .",1 224114,"It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest",0 227308,"You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz",0 139185,"wanted to make , though Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him",0 192577,"an impossible spot",1 152733,"about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker",0 63961,"An unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood .",1 707,"clearly well-meaning and",1 227006,"Well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises ,",0 159168,"fine backdrop",1 92243,"self-discovery handled with such sensitivity",1 126244,"little of our emotional investment",0 101553,"'s a testament to De Niro and director Michael Caton-Jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all .",1 193097,"are intimate and therefore bolder",1 30852,"distinct flair .",1 84996,"it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one",1 50962,"does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws",1 163810,"it has no sense of humor",0 172933,"that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense",0 140981,"'ll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film .",0 195631,"cheapened",0 101385,"'ll be rewarded with some fine acting .",1 48785,"all this contrived nonsense a bit",0 90202,"perfectly respectable",1 165985,"mind-destroying cinematic pollution",0 8670,"manages to delight without much of a story .",1 94957,"that will thrill you , touch you and make you",1 177944,"what 's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself",0 89995,"pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood",1 159329,"for : expulsion for everyone",0 223504,"God It",1 122346,"his latest effort ,",1 153745,"apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 96223,"the movie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions .",1 19906,"and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean",1 22822,"with a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it",1 24347,"A frisky and fresh romantic comedy",1 180427,", Much Ado About Something is an amicable endeavor .",1 193502,"as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen",0 225850,"Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich ,",1 16109,"in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges",1 224667,"Lucy Liu never comes together",0 238096,"tragic waste",0 87464,"most refreshing",1 132298,"shocked to discover that Seinfeld 's real life is boring",0 464,"as a fishing show",1 140157,"with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived",1 237648,"thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book",0 222544,"Banal and predictable .",0 165610,"makes us laugh",1 115215,"at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body",0 127996,"no feelings",0 8757,"memorable",1 100194,"why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 185760,"Like a fish that 's lived too long",0 132658,"smallness",0 15925,"greatest family-oriented",1 232206,"is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike .",0 162302,"intelligent and considered in its details",1 77196,"confusing and horrifying",0 238307,"vapid , insensitive",0 79848,"fiercely intelligent",1 212268,"sounds whiny and defensive ,",0 70018,"The urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative",1 144577,"Completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that I 'm not sure could be a single iota worse ... a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage .",0 24348,"A frisky and fresh romantic comedy exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women .",1 32128,"good director",1 183987,"For something as splendid-looking as this particular film",1 53906,"its complexity . Nothing",0 12305,"to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 228484,"also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original",0 212081,"some clever bits",1 152806,"about young women",1 26090,"Mixes likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun .",1 139220,"warmed up to him",1 63333,"A rock-solid gangster movie",1 73143,"acting that heralds something special",1 105190,"Confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve .",0 63470,"A sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious about God than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter",1 95491,"the drama that gives added clout to this doc",1 75434,"becomes a testament to faith",1 77813,"deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson",1 35345,"of neighborhood values",1 91123,"rather slow",0 79491,"exposé , the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .",1 174652,"the ridiculous dialog",0 63726,"Almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears . '",1 147424,"Men in Black II has sequel-itis something fierce . An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job ...",0 233598,"made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun",1 156613,"compelling historical tale",1 21360,"motherhood",1 124588,"is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable ,",1 29443,"beat and supercharged",1 122473,"hollow , self-indulgent",0 199952,"gives Hollywood sequels",1 47985,"a failure",0 61113,"'s like having an old friend for dinner",1 22152,"thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole",1 212002,"so self-possessed",0 158928,"feeling and believability",1 28291,"ample charms",1 29912,"by a terrific performance by Abbass",1 179315,"'' Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad .",0 201908,"in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance",0 198788,"few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .",0 13814,"A thunderous ride",1 85449,"its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future",1 89308,"often-funny",1 222599,"Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( `` Laissez-passer '' )",1 231504,"has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story .",0 116900,"cheap , ludicrous attempt",0 103253,"... unlike ( Scorsese 's Mean Streets ) , Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .",0 173077,"that it ends up being surprisingly dull",0 150279,"This movie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work .",0 150356,"Though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .",0 168847,"persuasive viewing",1 92590,"show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song",1 143410,"A very average science fiction film .",0 135732,"the more common saccharine genre",0 117058,"clever crime comedy",1 194272,"because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience",0 228372,"admire it",1 83653,"invitingly upbeat overture",1 99413,"viewers do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies",1 18054,"will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted",1 205956,"may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces",0 221722,"- style cross-country adventure ... it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack .",1 204315,"its sense of fun or energy",1 6210,"enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary",1 117256,"comes together",1 38129,"the devastating horror",1 32573,"his pathos from drippiness",0 123768,"is a gorgeous film",1 151555,"a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job",0 172076,"strained humor",0 101964,"'s this rich and luscious",1 16266,"is interesting and fun to see Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen",1 190307,"a classic theater piece",1 49280,"as happy listening to movies",1 181350,"... while the humor aspects of ` Jason X ' were far more entertaining than I had expected , everything else about the film tanks .",0 103116,"-- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline",0 205304,"longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach",0 192691,"and , in the end , not well enough",0 214157,"the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .",0 122823,"impressive talent",1 60622,"youthful and good-looking",1 76079,"but enjoyable documentary .",1 46232,"Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .",1 212745,"stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot",0 157591,"disservice",0 4566,"american art",1 171095,"simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film",0 214136,"the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative",0 45029,"Defies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it . But darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .",1 151345,"a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack",0 67167,"Leave it to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama .",1 5676,"compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",1 88326,"of a genuine and singular artist",1 101988,"'s waltzed itself into the art film pantheon",1 124797,"it 's a love story as sanguine as its title",1 61885,", endearing , masterful",1 175442,"this is the resurrection of the Halloween franchise",1 23951,", to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 20828,"horrifically vivid",1 194629,"bidder",1 125293,"its lyrical variations on the game of love",1 57474,"such a clever adaptation",1 10819,"such a high-energy",1 16219,"is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them .",1 17218,"skilled ensemble actors",1 212671,"strictly speaking , Schneider is no Steve Martin",0 36446,"reheated Aliens",0 45754,"It 's somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced -- but",0 165982,"mimicry",0 97822,"to Huston 's revelatory performance",1 3481,"... the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with",1 1449,"it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but minority report delivers all that and a whole lot more .",1 62771,"A Walk to Remember ''",1 50343,"complex and quirky , but entirely believable",1 108393,"Piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying .",1 136197,"the scariest guy",0 153432,"an instant camp classic",1 64561,"But this is not a movie about an inhuman monster : it 's about a very human one",1 118775,"dulls",0 7059,"hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",1 106105,"Guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and",0 103630,"A great companion piece to other Napoleon films .",1 90155,"penetrating",1 108654,"Robert Altman 's lesser works",0 217580,"too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",0 179838,"'s meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments",0 213139,"takes every potential laugh and",1 57853,"that much different from many a Hollywood romance . What sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings",1 236469,"that it 's actually watchable",1 19130,"Nearly surreal , dabbling in French , this is no simple movie , and you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it . I enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme .",1 149284,"The comedy is nonexistent .",0 232907,"it 's ) worth recommending",1 201277,"hokum .",0 145204,"Every so often a movie",0 61990,", is painterly .",0 201539,"if it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special , the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes , it drags",0 197426,"done way too often",0 52346,"happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 225280,"Often hilarious .",1 46191,"Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity",1 118405,"ditsy",0 69686,"The magic ( and original running time ) of ace Japanimator Hayao Miyazaki 's Spirited Away",1 207915,"of piffle",0 164681,"least favorite",0 92887,"smart little indie .",1 180958,", the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,",0 106752,"Instead of building to a laugh riot we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .",0 206905,"neither is it the Kahlo movie Frida fans have been looking for",0 11828,"the right b-movie",1 166937,"not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged",0 128989,"of the best looking and stylish",1 213107,"take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly",0 230677,"expect from movies",0 43284,"'s no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun .",1 101959,"'s the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison",1 53126,"inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows .",1 149036,"Ted Bundy 's only justification",0 41368,"Watching Haneke 's film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment . But",0 186635,"Oversexed , at times",0 131881,"searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful",0 160714,"has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures",0 7674,"is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona",0 191084,"a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",0 56700,"satisfy every moviegoer 's appetite",1 42832,"the maddening and",0 45833,"It seems like I have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now I ca n't wait for the sequel",1 183720,"Esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard",0 236098,"stupid and maudlin",0 175157,"there 's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at .",0 159098,"film flat lines",1 62224,", 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 .",1 169645,"rarely dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend . When she speaks",0 188795,"There 's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do Joan and Philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery",0 182397,"An entertainment",1 221466,", mind-numbingly bad .",0 20237,"change America , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 130898,"quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy",0 166779,"no emotional pulse",0 9139,"not just unlikable . disturbing . disgusting . without any redeeming",0 30200,"claustrophobic and unpleasant",0 140682,"you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 126385,"loses sight of its own story",0 103037,", you 'd better have a good alternative",0 112418,"a new treasure of the Hermitage",1 66357,"In fact , it 's quite fun in places",1 98520,"too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience",0 77187,"confrontational",0 80795,"funny , puzzling movie",1 24805,"Bedroom",0 113018,"a wet burlap sack",0 78450,"does n't have a passion for the material",0 31044,"elevated by deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship .",1 193983,"ballsy and",1 122698,"if it pushes its agenda too forcefully",0 97649,"thoughtful what-if",1 212767,"stymied by accents thick as mud",0 105433,"Directed without the expected flair or imagination",0 195684,"chosen a fascinating subject matter",1 40673,"A masterful film from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness",1 112886,"a thirteen-year-old 's book report",1 21451,"not terribly original",0 229232,"be very possible for a reasonably intelligent person",1 42543,"remembered as one of the most important stories",1 62013,", it 's just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar .",0 206570,"motivated more by a desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story .",0 28996,"apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 91237,"really have to salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch .",1 195386,"can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .",0 100444,"with added depth and resonance",1 54537,"make us examine our values",1 118327,"discover that Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus",1 158418,"even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them",0 150389,"To imagine the life of Harry Potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized Woody Allen",0 159789,"fuelled DeVito 's early work",1 126840,"masterpieces",1 222639,"Blessed with a searing lead performance by Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative .",1 233785,"may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of Weekend and Two or Three Things I Know About Her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ?",1 217847,"truly edgy",1 7302,"if high crimes were any more generic",0 7555,"inspiring , ironic ,",1 224985,"Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 99633,"was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him",0 221818,"... it 's Robert Duvall !",1 151479,"a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it 's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .",0 167943,"offense",0 209348,"play off each other virtually to a stand-off , with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film .",0 184507,"How about surprising us by trying something new",0 72811,"a welcome lack",1 105878,"Frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .",0 79081,"enough quirky and satirical touches",1 69165,"Terrific",1 71091,"XXX is a blast of adrenalin ,",1 164683,"least interesting subject",0 91768,"rolling your eyes in the dark",0 71440,"a compelling story to tell",1 179563,"'s a real shame",0 40928,"Greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past ,",1 61191,"'s nowhere near as good as the original",0 231461,"has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner",0 1291,"in the car , bitch ,",0 204821,"leaving questions in its wake",0 31854,"fresh and unselfconscious",1 226588,"There are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting .",1 194032,"be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality ,",1 235396,"rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 233539,"loose , unaccountable",0 69901,"The sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack .",1 216429,"this might have been an eerie thriller",0 180534,", at least terribly monotonous",0 206240,"mishandled here",0 65049,"DiCaprio 's best performance",1 130290,"plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties",0 224067,"Instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , Hart 's War , like the St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .",0 128068,"nonchallenging",0 166830,"no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it .",0 143103,"A frantic search for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favour the audience .",0 22078,"strong , credible performances",1 1185,"her natural likability",1 233861,"might more accurately be titled Mr. Chips off the Old Block",0 238140,"trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience",0 125330,"its own solemnity",1 222641,"Blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but Ahola is simply not an actor .",0 103926,"A stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help Chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact .",1 104301,"An enormously entertaining movie",1 35767,"or destined to be completely forgotten",0 101562,"'s ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable",1 62002,", it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message",1 65391,"Everett remains a perfect Wildean actor , and a relaxed Firth displays impeccable comic skill",1 132645,"sly dissection",1 122743,"if you , like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with , then you 're in for a painful ride .",0 153152,"all time low",0 16094,"imagery and hypnotic",1 85795,"laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor",1 234717,"one experiences Mr. Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",0 134217,"that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination",1 44069,"A film about a young man finding God that is accessible and touching to the marrow",1 81608,"has a genuine dramatic impact",1 139388,"we do n't like",0 114870,"as beautiful , desirable ,",1 192855,"another routine Hollywood frightfest",0 177776,"we 're to slap protagonist Genevieve LePlouff because she 's French",0 197981,"equal laughs",1 120016,"fights the good fight in Vietnam in director Randall Wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency",1 206733,"must have been lost in the translation .",0 177189,"unfunny comedy",0 165225,"looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride",1 121133,"give a second look",1 115583,"be steeped in '50s sociology ,",1 127155,"miss you .",1 217126,"to its own detriment",0 42728,"tackles his themes and",1 48355,"a satisfying summer blockbuster",1 7296,"i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes",1 202165,"inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry",0 68866,"Soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film .",1 180207,"( Soderbergh ) tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness",0 85364,"its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact",1 10172,"rising above similar fare",1 119792,"fascinating -- and timely -- content",1 219802,"with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility --",0 148874,"Sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the WWII-era Mississippi Delta undermine this adaptation .",0 38329,"the ideas about techno-saturation",1 78316,"distractions",0 94541,"that actually has something interesting to say",1 37535,"sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 40016,"while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",1 227841,"a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other",0 26279,"On its own cinematic terms",1 205970,"mayhem and stupidity",0 81228,"good fight",1 29473,"because this girl knows how to drive it to the max",1 106146,"Harold Ramis deve ter saído da cama com o pé esquerdo . E aqueles que decidiram assistir a este filme também .",0 198932,"finds a consistent tone",1 94042,"swirling",1 86537,"make Personal Velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .",1 142259,", it 's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning",0 3916,"a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002",1 196186,"contrived , overblown and tie-in ready",0 202861,"is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .",0 111059,"What with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity",0 136387,"the teen-exploitation playbook",0 56948,"show-stoppingly hilarious",1 124402,"is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up",0 98940,"undeniably gorgeous",1 204965,"like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 222582,"Below may not mark Mr. Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .",1 132098,"sensitive acting",1 19701,"all the perfect ingredients",1 86702,"making the right choice",1 13822,"A very funny movie .",1 132582,"skinny dip in Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle .",0 143541,"After Next is the kind of film that could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans .",0 79924,"filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated",1 24844,"Blade II is more enjoyable than the original .",1 176021,"to camouflage the dopey plot",0 56270,"pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them .",1 131496,"reveals how bad an actress she is",0 206894,"negligible British comedy .",0 207209,"not scarier",0 206459,"more than a little pretentious",0 118334,"disguise the fact",0 228959,"as it provides a fresh view of an old type",1 113929,"an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs",1 25096,"Dense with characters",0 164186,"its welcome well",1 83275,"indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .",1 163251,"is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was",0 213582,"that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",0 152106,"a movie about goodness",1 89050,"of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother",1 183647,"Eisenstein lacks considerable brio for a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants .",0 136969,"this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout",1 223770,"I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .",0 209891,"pull out all the stops in nearly every scene",1 215614,"the simpering soundtrack and editing",0 99363,"very real",1 78493,"does such a good job of it",1 111217,"With very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like Swimming With Sharks and The Player , this latest skewering ... may put off insiders and outsiders alike .",0 72242,"a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate",1 130752,"provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision",1 183966,"For a film about explosions and death and spies , '' Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film . Well , in some of those , the mother deer even dies .",0 209030,"paint-by-numbers plot",0 34898,"new joys",1 205192,"little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up",0 107489,"Likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? Let 's hope not",0 148718,"Some Like It Hot is like saying the sun rises in the east",1 227734,"a Scrooge or two",0 236517,"that peace is possible",1 209683,"presents an interesting , even sexy premise",1 93644,"strong voices",1 69114,"Takashi Miike keeps pushing the envelope",1 94628,"that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",1 223823,"I heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 21607,"old stuff",0 122341,"his kids to watch too many Barney videos",0 170175,"rolling over",0 61642,", Kissing Jessica Stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again .",1 61225,"'s quite diverting nonsense",0 155726,"by an undeveloped script",0 63937,"An old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts .",1 229586,"by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .",0 212641,"strangely schizo cartoon",0 117259,"comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won",0 179532,"'s a heaven for bad movies",0 238109,"treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects",0 58390,"the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things",1 1843,"no teeth",0 66650,"It 's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as The Son 's Room .",1 443,"are less worthy",0 207729,"of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly",0 56115,"possibilities",1 118639,"doubt it",0 19191,"Presents an astute appraisal of Middle American musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it",1 197838,"end this flawed , dazzling series",0 68476,"Rodriguez has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid ...",1 158143,"elaborateness",1 144513,"Clare Peploe 's airless movie adaptation could use a little American Pie-like irreverence .",0 97529,"this stylish film",1 68779,"Shyamalan 's gifts",1 72726,"a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 128845,"of parental failings",0 163158,"is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production",0 193495,"as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 226264,"The film did n't convince me that Calvin Jr. 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side .",0 51670,"filming the teeming life",1 31064,"emotional truth",1 79509,"extends to his supple understanding of the role that Brown played in American culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability .",1 53481,"is good enough and",1 149256,"The cast is uniformly excellent",1 134693,"the English call ` too clever by half",1 76424,"captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .",1 126758,"manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .",1 221954,"A clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying",0 78485,"does not really make the case the Kissinger should be tried as a war criminal",0 84684,"is surprisingly refreshing .",1 130304,"plays like some corny television production from a bygone era",0 138059,"too bleak",0 205442,"lot to be desired",0 33287,"is absorbing as well as thought-provoking .",1 137859,"to sit through than most of Jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films",0 90360,"playful paranoia",1 62946,"A difficult but worthy film",1 99819,"well-put-together",1 16257,"is great in his role",1 82242,"his dead mother",0 184799,"If ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it . If ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution",0 74982,"at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken",1 149139,"The Rock 's fighting skills are more in line with Steven Seagal",1 141228,"'s another regurgitated action movie you 're after",0 111753,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain :",1 150637,"Verbinski substitutes atmosphere for action , tedium for thrills .",0 13943,"Chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution .",1 188855,"There 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ...",0 203356,"is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise",0 223311,"Extremely bad",0 176171,"to have been written using Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 44682,"Below may not mark Mr . Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream ,",0 40251,"with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 97420,"this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures",1 122947,"in an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way .",0 83911,"is a towering siren .",1 149673,"The only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture",0 206385,"more focused",1 157788,"does n't quite fly",0 208552,"once too often",0 118788,"dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",0 37513,"surprisingly effective",1 11871,"the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor .",1 145681,"Half of it is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial .",0 196307,"could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 232958,"it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .",0 69816,"The performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart .",1 26171,"Neither Parker nor Donovan is a typical romantic lead , but they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula .",1 163231,"is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and",0 28245,"also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more",0 57003,"simple and innocent a movie as you",1 119676,"fairy-tale conclusion",1 231304,"great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art",1 207580,"of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet",0 105279,"Cuba Gooding Jr .",1 233096,"it still works .",1 87945,"no-frills docu-Dogma",0 200621,"has not spawned a single good film",0 112085,"a halfway intriguing plot",1 68512,"Ron Howard 's Apollo 13 in the IMAX format",1 74071,"and unabashed sweetness",1 180950,", the Reginald Hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .",0 18162,"you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 179044,"you 'd think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .",0 151734,"a fitfully clever doodle",1 163441,"is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial",0 178320,"why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead",0 156890,"could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away",0 4760,"appeal",1 164712,"left me cold and wet like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear",0 23026,"'s ( Ricci 's ) best work yet , this girl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will .",1 30264,"comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town",1 47881,"a collection of wrenching cases is Corcuera 's attention to detail .",1 238236,"unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 163336,"is so enamored of her own creation",1 215734,"the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film seem irritatingly transparent",0 99187,"upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 18006,"welcome wit",1 83246,"including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen",1 46852,"Stuffed to the brim with ideas , American instigator Michael Moore 's film is a rambling examination of American gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition .",1 134596,"that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 42503,"puts a human face",1 15728,"fair , even coming from the drive-thru",1 141206,"'s also generic , untidy , condescending and mild",0 18676,"An unbelievably fun film",1 138758,"unrelated shorts",0 188886,"There are some laughs in this movie , but",1 180125,"( Creates ) the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama .",0 228375,"admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time .",0 182189,"Adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children",0 119592,"extra little something",1 214924,"the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie",1 175268,"things to like",1 93067,"some cute moments , funny scenes",1 76682,"chimes in on the grieving process and",1 192975,"apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice .",0 174348,"the movie is just a plain old monster .",0 236262,"teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",0 81662,"has at last decisively broken with her Friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil",1 230222,"dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action",1 154438,"attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold",0 37268,"squalor",0 60872,"'s a talking head documentary , but a great one .",1 106812,"It 's a great American adventure and a wonderful film to bring to IMAX .",1 194449,"begs to be parodied",0 7637,"is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 181326,"... never quite settles on either side",0 133995,"terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences",1 45746,"It 's not a great monster movie . But if you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn , there 's guilty fun to be had here . Chomp chomp",1 38878,"they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",1 166124,"morality tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense",0 104362,"An off-beat and fanciful film about the human need for monsters to blame for all that is amiss in the world .",1 225365,"Overwrought ,",0 169973,"reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps .",0 75620,"better than ` Shindler 's List '",1 160766,"has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs .",0 157235,"del Toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .",0 232486,"is hereby given fair warning .",0 118735,"drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s .",0 176441,"to take advantage of its semi-humorous premise .",0 62075,", like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough",1 144542,"Collateral Damage seem like thoughtful treatises",0 123850,"is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker",1 123,"a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",1 79006,"engaging story",1 89537,"once subtle and visceral",1 184769,"Ice Cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but Friday After Next spreads them pretty thin .",0 233093,"it starts to become good",1 73343,"ai n't half-bad",1 121649,"has a childlike quality about it .",1 187698,"Taylor 's cartoonish performance and",0 51878,"found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive '' missing thing . ''",0 219030,"well-timed explosion",1 115733,"been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",0 233186,"its tragic waste",0 208957,"overwhelmed by its lack of purpose",0 203783,"it 's not scary in the slightest",0 40101,"wildly funny",1 107142,"Jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive .",0 96496,"the pseudo-educational stuff",0 159163,"finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",0 164697,"leaves no cliche unturned , from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting .",0 63531,"A truly wonderful tale",1 41383,"While not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and",1 68002,"One of the best rock documentaries ever . Wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many .",1 72030,"a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .",1 21733,"polished , sophisticated entertainment",1 136830,"thing 's",1 195827,"clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 27988,"a zippy sampling",1 213050,"swimfan does catch on",1 203337,"is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises",0 181812,"A low-budget affair , Tadpole was shot on digital video ,",0 150892,"When the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters , you know you 're in trouble .",0 140650,"yet story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together",0 103348,"8 Crazy Nights",1 48212,"a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions",1 111253,"Works because we 're never sure if Ohlinger 's on the level or merely a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks",1 146628,"It 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one",0 90844,"psychological case study",1 235597,"semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet",1 97991,"to conceal its contrivances",0 189686,"While The Importance of Being Earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles , it does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances .",0 76732,"cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama",1 112733,"a smutty guilty pleasure",1 105649,"Epps scores once or twice",1 17056,"really surprises about Wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness .",1 135025,"the cleverest ,",1 72543,"a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to",0 27088,"Turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting",1 224915,"Mr. Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",0 114196,"anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age",1 15863,"gentle , compassionate drama",1 180202,"( Siegel ) and co-writers Lisa Bazadona and Grace Woodard have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround Frankie .",0 228794,"are fine as well",1 171501,"so weak",0 13,"' a perfect family film",1 185985,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising ,",0 84903,"it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",1 71922,"a lot richer than the ones",1 54522,"make its way past my crappola radar and",1 42020,"gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and",1 163554,"is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers off their feet",0 189578,"What ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between Americans and Brits .",0 93288,"spectacular , E . T .",1 127160,"misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .",0 213130,"takes a really long , slow and dreary time",0 79073,"enough cool fun here",1 20999,"is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie 's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible",1 65320,"Enticing and often",1 70768,"Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken",1 25594,"How Martha Got Her Groove Back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with",0 32878,"in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing",0 38813,"their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor",0 209019,"painfully forced , false and fabricated",0 177149,"undetermined",0 191073,"a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences",0 116759,"casting excellent Latin actors of all ages --",1 14635,"With the film 's striking ending , one realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved .",1 185073,"It 's bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction .",0 17070,"refreshing",1 155205,"big , baggy , sprawling carnival",0 41188,"Sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film . One of the best of the year",1 19966,"are top notch",1 114674,"are so few films about the plight of American Indians in modern America that Skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .",1 105308,"Daring and beautifully made .",1 111224,"Without resorting to camp or parody",1 88775,"of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly",1 51789,"for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster",0 62503,"-- you 'll love this movie .",1 77818,"deep feeling",1 21792,"quiet fastidiousness",1 82493,"how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives",0 162453,"intriguing enough",1 37766,"that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 106759,"Intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery",1 233700,"makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .",1 8267,"just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows",0 108669,"Rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style -- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue .",1 37328,"sticking with you long after it 's over",1 12432,"to the endless action sequences",0 101470,"'s ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts .",1 109051,"Some episodes work , some do n't .",0 7249,"hurt",0 199845,"get this thing over with",0 192430,"an ` A ' list cast and some strong supporting players",1 60861,"'s a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas",1 177794,"we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back .",0 113421,"adorable Italian guys .",1 39175,"to engage us",1 29447,"beating",0 91432,"remains prominent ,",1 63557,"A well-put-together piece of urban satire",1 154368,"at inspiring accomplished portrayals",1 114743,"arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation",1 61291,"'s surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .",1 222325,"An uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , The Grey Zone",0 37367,"stops shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen",0 50781,"derivative , overlong , and bombastic",0 221408,", it 's just another sports drama\/character study .",0 140384,"wonderfully warm human drama",1 84107,"is consistently",1 43656,", memory , trust and loyalty",1 73959,"an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre",1 76601,"characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",1 214784,"the highs and lows",1 37649,"teen movies go , '' Orange County '' is a refreshing change",1 69368,"The Trinity Assembly approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony , and",0 211031,"seem irritatingly transparent",0 37706,"than live-action cartoons",1 10624,"something bigger than yourself",1 72193,"a provocative",1 41789,"dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still , this flick is fun , and",1 76985,"comes to life in the performances .",1 176696,"too stolid to be funny",0 222380,"And the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .",1 114658,"are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care .",0 97233,"these lives count",1 208806,"other hyphenate American young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages",0 93491,"steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph . It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur .",1 2093,"proud",1 223623,"He just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality .",1 25341,"For the most part , director Anne-Sophie Birot 's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama .",1 70003,"The trick when watching Godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .",1 47509,"Unflinchingly",0 202839,"is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending .",0 96455,"the precision of the insurance actuary",1 68113,"Parker and co-writer Catherine di Napoli are faithful to Melville 's plotline , they",1 224174,"It 's fun , but it 's a real howler",1 125081,"it really won my heart",1 13852,"An original gem",1 81600,"has a compelling story to tell",1 131818,"scenic shots",1 136460,"the truly good stuff",1 222243,"All the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable",0 108190,"One of these days Hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations .",0 182365,"An annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere",0 202255,"inoffensive and harmless",1 177527,"visually unattractive ,",0 165440,"made me want to swipe something .",0 58183,"the darkest hours",0 77368,"convincingly paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here .",1 40185,"with an engaging and warm performance",1 223368,"Filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels .",1 81379,"greatest adventure",1 152450,"a slapstick comedy",1 223347,"Featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil , `` Sade '' covers the same period as Kaufmann 's `` Quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results .",1 223375,"Flat , misguided comedy",0 29400,"be another 's fortune",1 125797,"laughed at",1 8360,"latently gay",0 41868,"essential feature --",1 57565,"tackles any number of fascinating issues",1 37545,"sweet and charming way",1 233592,"lumpy as two-day old porridge",0 94610,"that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk",1 134532,"that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body",1 125683,"labors",0 114773,"artwork",1 155574,"bungling",0 134419,"that it counts heart as important as humor",1 232566,"is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice .",0 39410,"touching and well paced .",1 53797,"it does mark Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time",1 8543,"looking for a return ticket",0 112966,"a very bleak day",0 146459,"It 's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit Cherish .",0 211789,"slim hopes and dreams",0 505,"as tricky and satisfying",1 83629,"introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers",1 78655,"dry humor",1 63867,"An engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement .",1 121408,"great companion piece",1 204945,"lighthearted comedy",1 10678,"spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious",0 173612,"the characters ) get more depressed",0 203836,"it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film",0 164252,"juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women",0 127692,"must see for all sides of the political spectrum",1 84883,"it 's common knowledge that Park and his founding partner , Yong Kang , lost Kozmo in the end",1 28486,"and a nonstop parade of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill",0 103232,"... might I suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ?",0 209636,"predictability is the only winner",0 39118,"to any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 24373,"A love",1 115680,"because your nerves just ca n't take it any more",0 9784,"pompous",0 18455,", skillful little horror film .",1 202235,"inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids ,",0 236575,"that watching it leaves you giddy",1 70203,"This in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come .",1 149633,"The moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess 's home video of their baby 's birth .",0 212987,"surprisingly shoddy makeup work",0 20768,"heart-on-its-sleeve",1 72315,"a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale",1 26222,"Not everything works , but the average is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies .",1 160484,"half-hearted movie career",0 6442,"feel involved with the story",1 175,"a good",1 84594,"is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .",1 129640,"only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor",1 80926,"genuinely sweet",1 198178,"every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 56060,"pleasant enough romance",1 131988,"seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest",0 9111,"nostalgic spy-movie charm",1 68293,"Pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance",1 231349,"had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever",1 224015,"In fact , it 's quite fun in places .",1 64341,"Between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .",1 100414,"with a momentum that never lets up",1 77831,"deeply and rightly",1 225974,"Stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\* .",0 188288,"The irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb",1 88854,"of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it",1 124610,"is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .",0 105993,"Gives everyone something to shout about .",1 202387,"into a future they wo n't much care about",0 179779,"'s hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film",0 213932,"that was written down",0 138674,"unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller",1 56247,"provides its target audience of youngsters enough stimulating eye and ear candy to make its moral medicine go down .",1 114023,"an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience",1 97433,"this is a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity .",1 195870,"cold-hearted snake Petrovich",0 189069,"This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story",0 212224,"sometimes dry",0 210965,"second-rate",0 210175,"realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire",0 14673,"a blast",1 5853,"davis has energy , but she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly .",0 197073,"discovered , indulged in",1 40699,"A romantic comedy , yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions",1 20408,"does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience",1 31514,"fast , funny , highly enjoyable movie",1 184951,"Instead of trying to bust some blondes , ( Diggs ) should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad .",0 59342,"to sell us on this twisted love story",1 16647,"neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open",0 117635,"crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment",1 105484,"Do n't judge this one too soon",1 1333,"interesting",1 26294,"One of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know was being taken .",1 215136,"the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .",1 46043,"Lookin ' for sin , American-style ?",0 103826,"A rather brilliant little cult item : a pastiche of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and Japanese animation",1 141691,"'s tough , astringent , darkly funny and",1 595,"benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor ,",1 186306,"Nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme .",0 103846,"A remarkably alluring film set in the constrictive Eisenhower era about one suburban woman 's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life .",1 16133,"in the right place ... innocent and well-meaning",1 112277,"a main character who sometimes defies sympathy",0 205330,"look bad",0 153860,"are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations . Where 's the movie here",0 141768,"( E ) ventually , every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism .",0 7818,"is too tenuous",0 41673,"brings to his characters ,",1 227908,"a film worth watching",1 151118,"You can practically smell the patchouli oil .",0 26099,"Montias ... pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters .",1 119124,"enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension",1 21160,"its successes",1 100801,"work -- is charming ,",1 107528,"Lots of effort and intelligence",1 204837,"left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 26733,"The Mothman Prophecies '' is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls .",1 157791,"does n't serve up a whole lot of laughs",0 94992,"the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version",1 101871,"'s really well directed",1 98792,"turns in a collectively stellar performance",1 203424,"is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement .",0 155284,"blade-thin characters",0 49893,"bumbling",0 148951,"Sustains",1 163695,"it 's spread too thin",0 33088,"instructive",1 205984,"mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life",0 16249,"is by no means a perfect film",0 74380,"are nearly impossible to care about",0 210797,"save everyone the misery",0 218641,"wane",0 135785,"the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies --",1 156787,"contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable Scandinavian settlers in 18th-century Canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now",1 40,"'s frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high",0 16155,"ingeniously",1 56636,"roaring success",1 216206,"they 'll probably run out screaming .",0 10066,"reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens , but it 's still pretty tasty .",1 87563,"moving and important film",1 144517,"Clayburgh and Tambor are charming performers",1 2173,"right",1 77865,"deform families",0 107557,"Ludicrous",0 40124,"will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard 's Pyromania .",1 84982,"it attractive throughout",1 133007,"song-and-dance-man",1 153407,"an icon",1 189566,"What a pity",0 157659,"do n't mind having my heartstrings pulled , but do n't treat me like a fool",0 133535,"succeed in really rattling the viewer",1 167031,"nothing fresh or very exciting",0 188394,"The movie 's progression into rambling incoherence",0 170431,"schlock-filled fairy tale",0 50667,"death .",0 213018,"suspense or believable tension",1 63206,"A moving and important film .",1 22765,"where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who cares if the story 's a little weak",1 100530,"with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack",1 202688,"is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies",1 228101,"a profit .",1 186227,"Ms . Shu is an institution",1 95688,"the film with a creepy and dead-on performance",1 70966,"Wiseman is patient and uncompromising , letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse .",1 60834,"'s a lovely , sad dance highlighted by Kwan 's unique directing style .",1 41568,"are all spot",1 93925,"surprisingly ` solid '",1 46632,"Reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others .",1 200599,"has n't much more to serve than silly fluff . Nor is it a romantic comedy",0 230477,"educational !",1 150103,"There are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they 're not exactly flattering",0 52433,"has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie",1 91041,"quite funny",1 62180,", reminiscent of 1992 's Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .",1 126843,"match the ordeal of sitting through it",0 204474,"just plain dumb",0 210154,"real emotional impact",1 129169,"of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface",1 9838,"pro-serb propaganda",0 53977,"its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes",1 2143,"remain curious about each other against all odds",1 21904,"savvy exploration",1 47570,"We know the plot 's a little crazy , but it held my interest from start to finish",1 33746,"its blend of frankness , civility and compassion",1 10309,"scuzzy",0 204066,"it was n't horrible either",1 54536,"make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts",1 19592,"a strong performance from Zhao",1 6352,"exposing the ways we fool ourselves is one hour photo 's real strength",1 10555,"so fresh",1 111648,"a classical dramatic animated feature",1 53747,"it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started",1 220044,"would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film .",0 109600,"The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( '' Laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve .",1 6717,"fully endear itself to american art house audiences",1 77233,"considerable charm",1 80499,"found myself liking the film ,",1 98661,"transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 163495,"is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears .",0 124592,"is technically sophisticated in the worst way .",0 121210,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny",1 18950,"I do n't know precisely what to make of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it .",1 131422,"resolved easily , or soon",0 198753,"feels rigged and sluggish .",0 124847,"it 's mission accomplished",1 50949,"does justice both to Stevenson and to the sci-fi genre",1 192991,"appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché",0 98287,"to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original",1 69587,"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters --",0 190924,"a mediocre movie",0 121046,"get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby",0 106727,"In theory , a middle-aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor sounds promising , but in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life .",0 124297,"is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny",1 19608,"a tremendous performance",1 146437,"It 's all very cute , though not terribly funny if you 're more than six years old .",1 39074,"tics",0 135328,"the film has some of the best special effects ever",1 35809,"otherworldly quality",1 236174,"sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 208006,"of story and his juvenile camera movements",0 223677,"Hollywood is sordid and disgusting .",0 156680,"concocted",0 71669,"a fine character study",1 106682,"In IMAX in short , it 's just as wonderful on the big screen .",1 76548,"cerebral and cinemantic flair",1 21987,"slick",1 230285,"do all three quite well",1 99345,"very funny , heartwarming film",1 54111,"knee-jerk reactions and",0 123513,"interesting results",1 116300,"bully",0 174550,"the poignancy of a Hallmark card and all the comedy of a Gallagher stand-up act",0 92087,"see it for the passion",1 22581,"touching drama",1 33613,"it 's worth checking out for the performances alone .",1 10875,"sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the least of which",1 123188,"in the songs translate well to film",1 221968,"A compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother 's hold over her .",1 214783,"the highly predictable narrative falls short",0 10092,"remarkable for its intelligence and intensity",1 62614,"... with the gifted Pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled Machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .",1 162569,"is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause",0 95391,"the creativity",1 229368,"best little `` horror '' movie",1 60082,"when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path",1 10776,"strip it of all its excess debris , and",0 188502,"The only young people who possibly will enjoy it",0 9583,"painfully",0 191702,"about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay",0 135316,"the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .",0 227974,"a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some",1 237708,"to a T.",1 17907,"uncompromising",1 193226,"are totally estranged from reality",0 62449,", you know there 's something there .",1 177432,"very cute , though",1 161499,"however , Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",0 9762,"poetry in motion captured",1 221637,", this is even better than The Fellowship .",1 202905,"is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean",0 197332,"does n't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama",0 87403,"most creative , energetic and original",1 220246,"you 're really renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices",0 57445,"stunning and",1 69854,"The quirky and recessive charms of co-stars Martin Donovan and Mary-Louise Parker",1 50958,"does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything .",0 146785,"Its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action scenes are poorly delivered .",0 112327,"a monster movie",1 86598,"make this a charmer .",1 101335,"'' What really happened ? '' is a question for philosophers , not filmmakers : all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience .",0 117843,"dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters",1 148029,"Partway through watching this saccharine , Easter-egg-colored concoction , you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show .",0 106221,"Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion",0 123045,"in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago",1 220172,"wrong places",0 165018,"like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good",0 1554,"kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie . and adults will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle .",1 177559,"waiting to spoil things",0 55237,"of Oscar-winners",1 70634,"Vincent Gallo is right at home in this French shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role .",1 65789,"Godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence .",1 163768,"it does n't signify a whole lot either",0 933,"expressing itself in every way imaginable",1 2507,"that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 149745,"The plot is straight off the shelf , the performances are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy .",0 165045,"linguistic fumbling",0 165549,"makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 151810,"a good ( successful ) rental",1 65167,"Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . Not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days .",1 116082,"bogs down in genre cliches here",0 211163,"seen such self-amused trash since Freddy Got Fingered",0 141714,"'s wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture",0 14132,"In Fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale",1 231587,"have no goal and no urgency",0 73354,"aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats",1 221762,"-- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text --",0 23717,", it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing",0 125146,"it will warm your heart ,",1 104946,"Byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle . Instead",1 133691,"surprisingly engrossing",1 31078,"emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and helps to give them an atavistic power , as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time .",1 67518,"Metropolis confirms Tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence on the animé tradition and its defining philosophical conscience .",1 142208,", here the comedian hides behind obviously constructed routines .",0 196545,"cutes",1 127158,"missed the point",0 223188,"Downright transparent is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating .",0 103954,"A touching drama",1 65846,"Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 13688,"-- when done right --",0 222329,"An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job ...",0 34627,"most demented film",0 57604,"talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu",1 25784,"It has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion . It risks seeming slow and pretentious , because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise .",1 231424,"has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit !",1 56048,"play well",1 44250,"A smart ,",1 196659,"decorous",1 207211,"not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 236203,"sustains throughout",1 48364,"a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten",1 54411,"love sweetly",1 157302,"descends into such message-mongering moralism",0 112272,"a lunar mission with no signs of life",0 163593,"is your typical ` fish out of water ' story . You 've seen them a million times . Just one problem : Fish out of water usually die .",0 98848,"two of those well spent",1 40191,"with appealing fresh faces",1 202514,"is , overall , far too staid",0 21055,"is simply sublime",1 50253,"come from Philippe , who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and Sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron .",1 217627,"too mediocre to love .",0 96573,"the results . Last Dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true",1 61979,", intricate magic",1 145718,"Harrison 's Flowers puts its heart in the right place , but",1 236829,"the dullest Irish pub scenes",0 205909,"may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick",0 131442,"restore ( Harmon ) to prominence ,",1 65858,"Great performances",1 99331,"very charming and funny movie",1 212846,"such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue",0 76672,"chilling and heart-warming",1 213739,"that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank",0 131733,"sappiness",0 17701,"their underwritten roles",0 22239,"the best",1 19765,"an intriguing window",1 76608,"charismatic enough",1 102609,", it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart . At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford .",1 127036,"meticulous talent",1 36017,"piquant wine",1 177082,"unaware",0 185981,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired",0 81223,"good bark",1 229727,"captivating .",1 235278,"regards Reign of Fire with awe .",1 61417,"( Danny Huston gives ) an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .",1 217213,"to merely bad rather than painfully awful",0 167021,"nothing about El Gallo other than what emerges through his music",0 237560,"this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .",0 103905,"A soul-stirring documentary about the Israeli\/Palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .",1 206469,"more than a whiff of exploitation",0 208161,"of the worst films of the summer",0 67195,"Less an examination of neo-Nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself",1 109155,"Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and",0 136729,"there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and",1 185555,"Just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name .",0 223789,"I do n't think that A.C. will help this movie one bit",0 126935,"me want to scream",0 6384,"fairly disposable yet still entertaining",1 98522,"too-conscientious",0 76443,"career peak",1 211847,"smart jokes",1 111509,"a VH1 Behind the Music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation",1 82090,"her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera",1 69348,"The Right Thing",1 83181,"in this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon",1 49351,"ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",1 163678,"it 's only a matter of time before he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart .",1 134886,"the baseball-playing monkey",1 161921,"in lovely costumes , Southern California locations and star power",1 157150,"dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios , and saddled with a general air of misogyny",0 236830,"the dunce of a Screenwriting",0 135532,"the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom",0 10248,"sag in certain places",0 73582,"ambitious movie",1 167575,"of junk",0 33720,"it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives Hollywood .",1 231208,"gives the lie to many clichés",0 39931,"well worth the time",1 170393,"say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 179608,"'s all surprisingly predictable",0 43474,", Miller 's film is one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises .",1 205025,"like a great missed opportunity",0 188939,"Third time 's the charm ...",1 24033,"-- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --",0 90882,"pulpy",0 30987,"easily fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria .",1 85880,"leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face",1 32410,"he does well",1 29161,"as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart , '' In the Bedroom",1 113210,"about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing",1 138177,"top Japanese animations",1 132419,"shows little understanding",1 51541,"fascinating arc",1 10929,"tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films :",0 103256,"... while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of Shakespeare 's Macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .",0 25072,"Daughter from Danang is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war .",1 231517,"hate it .",0 38862,"there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it .",1 203421,"is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . '",0 60697,"'ll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face than his wife is",0 236760,"the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings",1 100507,"with great help from Kevin Kline",1 200495,"has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure ,",1 61481,"( Rises ) above its oh-so-Hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .",1 56377,"ranks with the best of Herzog 's works",1 237182,"the reason to go see `` Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings",1 183478,"Dismally",0 175774,"tiny little jokes and nary an original idea",0 55575,"of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 110603,"Though its story is only surface deep , the visuals and enveloping sounds of Blue Crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .",1 181950,"A relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty World War II action",0 208163,"of the worst movies of the year",0 75516,"being a good documentarian",1 202000,"in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 32955,"in the privileged position of eavesdropping",1 129028,"of the finest kind",1 161651,"imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial . Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be",0 28487,"and a sobering rumination",1 123251,"in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels",1 19476,"a date movie",1 19944,"are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances",1 165518,"make its characters idiots",0 93917,"surprise us",1 82657,"if you do n't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your Halloween entertainment",0 24375,"A love for films shines through each frame",1 100600,"with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and",1 127771,"nationwide blight",0 85191,"its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals",1 136110,"the rare sequel",1 194563,"better luck",0 222422,"As A Rumor of Angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even Ms. Redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality .",0 9167,"notorious c . h . o . has oodles of vulgar highlights .",0 165789,"mean giggles and",0 122474,"hollow , self-indulgent ,",0 222124,"A well-crafted letdown .",0 36119,"preachy",0 68635,"Scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that '' Gangs '' is never lethargic",1 223874,"I wish I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday '' ,",0 176395,"to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite .",0 218590,"vital action sequences",1 20086,"be taking a risk if you choose to see it",0 7722,"is in every way inferior to that of john",0 226269,"The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",1 189356,"Unfunny comedy",0 236193,"suspenseful cliché",1 34756,"music doc",1 16804,"of their best work in their underwritten roles",1 80477,"formidable",1 81112,"gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug .",1 73963,"an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage",0 95963,"the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing",1 97291,"they turn out to be delightfully compatible here",1 195365,"can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it .",0 234410,"of dramatic enlightenment",1 231686,"her nomination as best actress even more",1 181044,", there is n't much to it .",0 29682,"both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city",1 158592,"exceedingly dull",0 220221,"you 'll find in this dreary mess .",0 197781,"emotional conviction",1 64935,"Daughter From Danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story",1 91979,"scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away",1 139336,"waterlogged script",0 116584,"can easily worm its way into your heart .",1 150825,"What could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself is swamped by heavy-handed melodrama .",0 7909,"it all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer .",0 46748,"Smart , provocative and blisteringly funny",1 27263,"Woody Allen 's latest is an ambling , broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz .",1 47174,"The movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time",1 125909,"lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story",1 81815,"has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed .",1 126676,"makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie .",0 227084,"When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , I trust , will you .",1 21512,"of eye-popping visual effects",1 172320,"superficial and trend-hoppy",0 190862,"a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny",0 71276,"a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . Paul Cox needed to show it .",1 131819,"scenic splendor",1 38498,"the only part of the film that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom",0 72278,"a return to form for director Peter Bogdanovich",1 14293,"Morvern Callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start",0 27412,"a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters",1 130987,"rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year",1 235406,"runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches .",1 238458,"was vile enough .",0 181597,"A depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece",0 72736,"a unique culture",1 153930,"are poorly delivered",0 66694,"It ai n't art , by a long shot ,",0 202015,"in the hands of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack",1 230900,"for a laugh",1 45936,"Kaufmann 's '' Quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results",1 59718,"unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers",1 36569,"richly imagined and admirably mature",1 90934,"pushiness and decibel",0 208204,"of time , money and celluloid",0 163358,"is so slick , superficial and trend-hoppy ,",0 7538,"ingratiating",0 86210,"logical , unforced continuation",1 40196,"with complexity",1 156628,"complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue",0 70868,"Whether or not you buy Mr . Broomfield 's findings , the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr . Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .",1 237562,"this nonsensical story",0 189406,"Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction",0 76062,"business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen",0 97198,"there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller",1 175692,"thrills of early underground work .",1 82725,"impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head",1 16002,"heavy-handed ,",0 94499,"that 's unique or memorable .",1 8038,"its dull",0 95498,"the dry humor",0 117747,"crudeness",0 36869,"shaky as the plot",0 27022,"Those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences",1 111693,"a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that I ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,",0 226433,"The power of this script , and the performances that come with it",1 138885,"using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 102201,"( vainly , I think )",0 100549,"with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at",0 38805,"their children",1 27006,"This road movie gives you emotional whiplash , and you 'll be glad you went along for the ride .",1 8878,"most ingenious",1 83967,"is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight",1 156266,"choppy , surface-effect feeling",0 73524,"also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness",1 212882,"suffers from too much Norma Rae and not enough Pretty Woman",0 101073,"you 've got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson",1 105816,"Finn",1 172125,"strong , determined",1 187903,"The abiding impression",1 105065,"Chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact",1 19983,"as a figurative port-of-call",1 10291,"schlock-filled",0 90145,"pedestrian",1 133492,"style apes",0 97771,"timeless and universal tale",1 127435,"most immediate and most obvious",0 155991,"can stomach the touchy-feely message",0 238817,"win any points for originality",1 7666,"is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter",1 80997,"gets very ugly",0 60224,"will enjoy seeing how both evolve",1 37676,"terrific performances from them all",1 170944,"should be sent to and buried on Pluto .",0 215475,"the resolutely downbeat Smokers Only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book",0 92928,"so convincing",1 27964,"a winning combination",1 67225,"Like Edward Norton in American History X , Ryan Gosling ( Murder By Numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance .",1 61212,"'s potentially just as rewarding",1 45222,"Far From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama",1 20416,"downer",0 121178,"gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director Shekhar Kapur supplies with tremendous skill",1 206257,"mistaken-identity",0 222564,"Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected",0 224447,"Jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0 59760,"upsetting glimpse",0 47945,"a degree of affection rather than revulsion",1 104490,"As gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy , clean-cut Dahmer ( Jeremy Renner ) and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .",0 80693,"frosting",1 162850,"is created SOLELY because it 's a marketable product",0 82220,"his best film",1 68981,"Stands as a document of what it felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11 .",1 199664,"full flush",0 193616,"as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things",1 18327,", AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more .",1 1623,"live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",1 17405,"terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists",1 53393,"is an impossible task",0 206950,"never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 24006,", witty follow-up .",1 89831,"our sympathies",1 25270,"Exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven",1 110573,"Thoroughly engrossing",1 94833,"that rare family movie --",1 113497,"again dazzle and delight us",1 181568,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` In space , no one can hear you snore . '",0 212473,"stands still in more ways that one in Clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable .",0 135729,"the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie",1 168662,"part Quentin Tarantino ,",1 76234,"by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 135033,"the comic effects of jealousy",1 19796,"and accessible",1 30173,"cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable",1 219855,"with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 67500,"Me no lika da accents so good , but I thoroughly enjoyed the love story . Scott Baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .",1 207736,"of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 169732,"real movie producers",1 234424,"of good stuff",1 107070,"It throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , '' Look at this ! This is an interesting movie ! ''",0 59866,"vibrant creative instincts",1 7724,"is in there somewhere",1 128708,"of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum",0 124066,"is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all",1 39576,"uncomplicated",1 118259,"direct-to-void release ,",0 24450,"A rigorously structured and exquisitely",1 146535,"It 's loud and boring",0 238232,"unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest",0 222216,"Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .",0 83767,"is a feast for the eyes",1 161036,"heart-tugging",1 96163,"the most complex , generous and subversive artworks",1 77562,"credible and remarkably mature",1 234043,"natural running time",1 128637,"of emotional resonance",1 108605,"Represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging Indian American cinema .",1 229306,"been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement",0 178287,"whose lives are never fully explored",0 83917,"is a very funny , heartwarming film .",1 128203,"numerous , world-renowned filmmakers",1 210146,"reading lines from a TelePrompTer",0 170801,"shake a severed limb",0 126077,"like a very goofy museum exhibit",0 79316,"ever-watchful",1 116149,"bother thinking it all through",0 162043,"in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap",0 183029,"Catch it ... if you can !",1 74830,"as well-written as Sexy Beast , not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , but stylish and moody",1 36109,"potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting",1 40414,"you 're a fan of the books",1 73986,"anchoring performance",1 18828,"Denis and co-writer Michele Petin 's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing . Lead provocatuers Testud and Parmentier give superlative performances",1 119599,"extraordinary faith",1 203445,"is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory",0 219014,"well-defined",1 86635,"makes good B movies ( The Mask , The Blob )",1 234168,"nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .",1 171411,"so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 84584,"is rote work and predictable ,",0 72658,"a thoughtful what-if",1 3975,"a mess in a lot of ways",0 222032,"A lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation",0 233943,"more than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 47837,"a bright , light modern day family parable",1 31302,"everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids",1 169882,"rehashed sight gags",0 238570,"were hailed as the works of an artist .",1 204640,"lacking any sense of commitment to",0 214246,"the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 115110,"aspiration to be a true ` epic '",1 238166,"two signs that M. Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema",0 230120,"deeply out of place in what could have",0 84114,"is darkly atmospheric",1 169756,"really builds up a head of emotional steam .",1 123092,"in some terrific setpieces",1 125080,"it rarely achieves its best",0 135283,"the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 198316,"exhilarating exploration",1 40098,"wildest fantasies",1 116566,"can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace .",1 18234,"unfortunately R-rated )",0 166898,"nominal",1 163439,"is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not",0 56465,"refresh our souls",1 63564,"A wild comedy",1 202900,"is even worse than I imagined a movie ever could be .",0 204247,"its music or",0 215263,"the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky .",0 211835,"smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling",0 149135,"The Ring just left me cold and wet like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear .",0 28257,"always fast and furious",1 187402,"Sodden and glum",0 235569,"seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick .",0 113453,"affectionate delight",1 153583,"and ostensible adults",0 49579,"became a deadly foreign policy",0 6393,"falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags",0 206239,"mishandled",0 20233,"celebratory",1 204136,"its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily",0 217879,"try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but",0 147134,"Let 's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line",0 182455,"An unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .",0 123882,"is almost an afterthought",0 183649,"El Crimen Del Padre Amaro would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-Catholic protestors .",0 54773,"modern day family parable",1 223805,"I had to look away - this was god awful",0 179950,"'s quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the Cannes Film Festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere .",0 143821,"Another in-your-face wallow",0 220375,"your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door",0 58722,"the slippery slope",0 27733,"a pleasure to see Seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn",1 70823,"What makes it worth watching",1 18791,"Clever , brutal and strangely soulful movie .",1 77914,"delightful in the central role",1 213416,"than romantic",1 215986,"theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",0 55121,"not deep and psychological",0 15521,"delivered to the big screen safe and sound",1 50664,"deals with first love sweetly",1 6287,"even with all those rough edges safely sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good",1 183545,"Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement",0 62834,"A charming but slight comedy",1 85720,"lacking the broader vision that has seen certain Trek films ...",0 52765,"huge heart",1 14939,"almost certainly be fascinated",1 114564,"are blunt and challenging and offer no easy rewards for staying clean",0 195808,"close to losing my lunch",0 33294,"is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",1 147506,"Most new movies have a bright sheen . Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn ... looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future .",0 51790,"for finding a new and ingenious angle",1 142496,", the ingredients are there . But an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents Nettelbeck 's film from coming together .",0 213215,"tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah",0 220610,"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 207050,"no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",0 138022,"to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street",0 129566,"one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed",0 230832,"finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy",0 187220,"Shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops",0 15197,"be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel .",0 27185,"What '' Empire '' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .",1 53930,"its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet",1 132493,"simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance",1 149847,"The soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit , eventually becomes too heavy for the plot .",0 226664,"This is n't a stand up and cheer flick : it 's a sit down and ponder affair .",1 73886,"an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey",1 233373,"let this morph into a typical romantic triangle",0 220525,"'' overcome its weaknesses",1 75970,"brings the proper conviction",1 64159,"At times Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . Yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second",1 102994,", very good",1 100850,"works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing",1 140398,"words do n't really do the era justice .",1 75128,"bad film",0 102163,"( and lovely ) experiment",1 73484,"allows us to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 45785,"It has its faults",0 127396,"most accomplished work",1 152029,"a major problem in contemporary society",0 81650,"has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream",1 79972,"finds a nice rhythm",1 219575,"will turn out okay",1 205640,"make Trouble",0 102258,", Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .",0 117248,"comes the first lousy Guy Ritchie imitation .",0 592,"benefits",1 41536,"ambiguity and",0 199106,"followed by the bad idea",0 31475,"fandom",0 189143,"Though there 's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction , the drama feels rigged and sluggish .",0 96872,"the thrill of the chill",1 48343,"a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",1 21396,"n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 208318,"offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else",0 227103,"Whenever you think you 've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .",0 16442,"less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start",0 202511,"is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented .",0 115861,"beloved genre",1 128163,"nothing else happening",0 110816,"Underachieves only",0 162001,"in the end , is nothing new",0 91493,"reminiscent of Gong Li and a vivid personality",1 11917,"the story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 103837,"A really good premise",1 18456,", slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rings true .",1 160600,"has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles",1 96473,"the pristine camerawork",1 91666,"rich stew",1 171660,"something lighter and sunnier",1 81940,"have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances",0 6061,"done to death",0 40053,"who loved Cool as Ice",0 5987,"disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 105473,"Discovery Channel fans",1 160283,"got a headache",0 164232,"jokester status",0 98674,"treasure and",1 176669,"too obvious or simplistic",0 37622,"taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time",1 161281,"his lesser-praised movies",0 62246,", surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .",1 185707,"Lazy filmmaking , with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .",0 226530,"The use of CGI and digital ink-and-paint make the thing look really slick .",1 115083,"as well its delightful cast",1 48952,"an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",1 9491,"one of the smartest takes on singles culture i 've seen in a long time",1 84378,"is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once",1 135813,"the movie is remarkably dull with only Caine making much of an impression .",0 73660,"an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly",1 91752,"robustness",1 214114,"the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 110705,"Too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy",0 212876,"suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing",0 91060,"rage and alienation",0 39364,"to watch because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor",1 31126,"enjoys",1 176831,"tremendous promise",1 164342,"just say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal",0 189588,"What little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and",0 109564,"The art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed",1 215765,"the third feels limited by its short running time",0 133254,"starts with a legend",1 121301,"good deal funnier",1 50426,"constructed from figure to backstory",1 86015,"likable story",1 75703,"biologically",1 144323,"By the miserable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk , ... actually pretty good . Of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .",0 213780,"that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions .",0 70965,"Wiseman is patient and uncompromising , letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse",1 117074,"cliche with little new added .",0 28573,"and directed by Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey is interesting but his Parisian rebirth is stillborn",0 237785,"to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet",1 100448,"with all the grandiosity",0 108140,"On a cutting room floor somewhere lies ... footage that might have made No Such Thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .",0 69347,"The Quiet American is n't a bad film , it 's just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar .",0 198649,"feel good about",1 44510,"An intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time",1 145451,"For those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated effects , the new Star Wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .",0 224503,"Just plain bad .",0 210159,"real interest",1 62806,"A bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale",1 182970,"By the end of the movie , you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .",1 198664,"feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 63222,"A much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian English title would have you believe .",1 226450,"The problem with the film",0 50329,"compelling characters and",1 124065,"is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most",1 84193,"is far from disappointing",1 239050,"wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller",1 231556,"have been lost in the translation this time",0 138135,"too much syrup",0 101085,"you barely realize your mind is being blown .",1 113578,"all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",0 120307,"followed the runaway success of his first film , The Full Monty ,",1 78481,"does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but",0 12098,"they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 186460,"Not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired",0 124955,"it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",1 112023,"a glorified sitcom ,",0 216317,"thinks-it-is joke",0 180198,"( Seems ) even more uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels .",0 13543,", beautiful film",1 53590,"is prime escapist fare",1 118357,"dismiss -- moody ,",0 194621,"beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 86390,"loved the look of this film .",1 106579,"If The Man from Elysian Fields is doomed by its smallness , it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .",1 157526,"dirty , tasteless feel",0 72121,"a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many",1 38731,"the true meaning of the holidays",1 50459,"convincing characters",1 27758,"a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude",1 3702,"a cozy or ingratiating",1 239172,"you love reading and\/or poetry",1 77188,"confrontational stance",0 107306,"Killed My Father would be a rarity in Hollywood .",1 150875,"When it comes to entertainment , children deserve better than Pokemon 4Ever .",0 182765,"Being latently gay",0 54565,"makes me miss Hitchcock , but also",1 218865,"watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet",0 174567,"the power of these ( subjects ) is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative .",0 205542,"lush and inventive",1 26401,"Python",1 122048,"he makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty",1 18660,"An impressive debut",1 95833,"the gorgeous locales",1 128541,"of artificial suspense",0 141746,"'ve seen this movie a thousand times before",0 172050,"story flattens",0 179665,"'s brilliant ` Videodrome",1 13447,"'s a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises",1 36444,"register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",1 96118,"the memorable character creations",1 163991,"its bad-luck timing",0 207378,"of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films",1 199599,"from one visual marvel",1 171817,"spoil things",0 6750,"gentle humor , bittersweet pathos",1 49618,"been waiting my whole life for this movie",1 117047,"clearly a manipulative film",1 124004,"is dreary and sluggish",0 216264,"thin writing",0 161103,"her inner journey is largely unexplored",0 106662,"Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics , or an Almodovar movie without beauty or humor ,",0 44305,"A terrific insider look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown .",1 71965,"a measure of style",1 165639,"manages to be even worse than its title",0 155053,"behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",0 70085,"There 's not much to Fatale , outside of its stylish surprises",0 150369,"Though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed ... that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr . Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear .",0 166175,"more fascinating acts",1 226452,"The problem with this film is that it lacks focus .",0 197949,"entertaining itself",1 136735,"there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all",1 166920,"nonetheless compulsively watchable",1 164622,"laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut",0 82181,"highly studied",1 119172,"ensemble cast romances recently",1 70035,"The word that comes to mind , while watching Eric Rohmer 's tribute to a courageous Scottish lady , is painterly .",1 212579,"still show virtually no understanding of it",0 140738,"you do n't care who fires the winning shot",0 27992,"ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s",1 109419,"The Four Feathers is definitely horse feathers , but",0 105620,"Empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film .",0 76110,"by England 's Roger Mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing",1 82281,"his most personal",1 222369,"And neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .",0 216101,"there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair",0 208108,"of the most highly-praised disappointments I",0 187394,"So verbally flatfooted and",0 19766,"an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of Todd Solondz",1 21159,"its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the Marks family",1 61986,", is a note of defiance over social dictates .",1 85904,"less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population 's shrugging acceptance to each new horror .",0 222924,"Cherish '' certainly is n't dull .",1 185238,"It aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one .",0 21899,"satisfy as grown-up escapism",1 12089,"there 's nothing resembling a spine here",0 228394,"afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn",0 222010,"A genuine mind-bender .",1 235611,"sequels can never capture the magic of the original",0 71238,"a Native American",1 238565,"were actually surprising",1 65932,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U . S .",1 198896,"find The Singles Ward occasionally bewildering",0 238887,"with humour and lightness",1 225571,"Rarely , a movie is more than a movie .",1 90675,"prima",1 105402,"Devoid",0 101284,"youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point",1 4171,"a suffocating rape-payback",0 32839,"in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",1 139350,"way-cool",1 3822,"a good film",1 51427,"experimentation and improvisation",1 220205,"yet not as hilariously raunchy as South Park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .",0 23937,", this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece .",1 221967,"A compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother",1 125839,"leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core",0 171772,"spectacular locales",1 22809,"wink",1 47380,"This movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen",0 135229,"the fabric of the film",1 48987,"an otherwise excellent film",1 123580,"into something provocative , rich , and strange",1 111963,"a fudged opportunity",0 236808,"the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome",0 193892,"awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue",0 181106,", wannabe-hip crime comedy",0 55129,"not to be moved by this drama",0 226874,"Unfortunately , we 'd prefer a simple misfire .",0 146958,"Just how extreme are these ops ? I regret to report that these ops are just not extreme enough .",0 150606,"Vague",0 229120,"bargain-basement European pickup",0 109650,"The characters are based on stock clichés ,",0 62262,", the characters make Italian for Beginners worth the journey",1 106564,"If H . G . Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? ` It looks good , Sonny",1 51041,"dry and",0 98537,"top-billed star Bruce Willis",1 225879,"Some of it is clever , but",1 64098,"As lively an account as Seinfeld is deadpan .",0 203660,"is very , very good",1 196374,"crash 'em",0 5414,"can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 229772,"celebrates radical , nonconformist values , What to Do in Case of Fire",1 27692,"a movie worthy of his talents",1 29425,"be said to suck",0 160237,"gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",0 146226,"If you 're a WWF fan , or you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A . I . , you 'll probably like Rollerball .",1 129035,"of the greatest date movies in years",1 234327,"of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes",1 65854,"Great fun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex .",1 230207,"did n't offer an advance screening",0 151811,"a good cause",1 127140,"miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him",0 87385,"most basic",1 202692,"is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly .",0 150794,"Whaley 's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness",0 237407,"there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .",1 90171,"people who like their romances to have that French realism",1 77065,"compassionately portrayed",1 133315,"stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller",1 62311,", the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? Who cares ? ) .",1 227314,"You wo n't miss its messages , but you 'll be entertained as well",1 8928,"much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 9216,"of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '",0 70710,"We 're drawn in by the dark luster .",1 102339,", The Rising Place never quite justifies its own existence .",0 166789,"no goal and",0 103254,"... unspeakably , unbearably dull , featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .",0 55601,"of the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",1 118702,"dramatically moving",1 188765,"The whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years .",0 145248,"Extremely dumb",0 165075,"little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation",0 59201,"to call the film ` refreshing",1 226499,"The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge .",0 93522,"still serious problem",0 3440,"( the kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow .",0 223017,"Could The Country Bears really be as bad as its trailers",0 90280,"picked me up",1 183961,"Follows the original film virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .",0 166233,"more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here , but",0 43570,", empathetic performances",1 75604,"bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .",1 185729,"Leonard '' just seems to kinda",1 90203,"perfectly respectable ,",1 73036,"above the run-of-the-mill singles blender",1 179400,"'m convinced I could keep a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",0 215123,"the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .",0 165943,"might say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 124621,"is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb .",1 41078,"Mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and",0 54809,"more accurate to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",1 205073,"like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale",0 182285,"Although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .",0 226728,"Those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep .",0 64858,"Crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy .",1 91483,"reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth",1 100621,"with such confidence",1 113758,"also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",1 106589,"If it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film : with a screenplay to die for",1 164828,"lifeless movie",0 142264,", it 's clear that All About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie .",0 102638,", it 's still not a good movie",0 128450,"of a lovingly rendered coffee table book",1 161819,"in an attempt",0 184313,"Harris is affecting at times",1 117866,"dark pit",0 15023,"and enough beauty to make it unforgettable",1 220825,"'s great for the kids",1 72995,"about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they",1 48145,"a little-remembered world",1 170327,"same sleep-inducing effects",0 153498,"an undeveloped narrative and",0 201541,"if it had just gone that one step further .",1 10568,"so much on view , so little to offer",0 66557,"It 's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once .",1 231094,"gags in search of a story",0 174635,"the repetition of said behavior",0 63740,"Alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and",1 131834,"scores a direct hit",1 113120,"about a family 's joyous life",1 158703,"extremely bad taste",0 79685,"farts",0 145695,"Hanukkah",1 154934,"becoming boring and predictable",0 136048,"the preachy",0 91453,"remarkable yet shockingly",1 157690,"do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept",0 60794,"'s a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting",1 101910,"'s something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 88575,"of family tradition and familial community",1 210102,"rather than provocative",0 4150,"a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort",1 142535,", the viewer is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance .",0 56130,"power and depth",1 72611,"a sure hand",1 238560,"went over my head or",0 70243,"This is n't a stand up and cheer flick : it 's a sit down and ponder affair . And thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .",1 74603,"as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",1 12577,"tripe",0 90547,"potentially just as rewarding",1 231683,"her life bare in front of an audience",1 195889,"college education",0 226998,"Weaves a spell over you , with its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psyches and its subtle undercurrents of danger",1 86575,"make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 101891,"'s sincere to a fault , but ,",0 128038,"no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers",1 40677,"A miniscule little bleep on the film radar , but",0 11074,"that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong .",1 172535,"tale whose thought-provoking potential",1 73516,"also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American",1 86196,"lively intelligence",1 221000,"'s the sweet Cinderella story that `` Pretty Woman '' wanted to be",1 30933,"done -- a sleepy afternoon rental",0 50357,"composed or edited",0 108300,"Parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .",0 155359,"boiling water",0 130753,"provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot Oscar season currently underway",1 112985,"a virgin with a chastity belt . That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 72548,"a strength",1 105915,"Full Frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters . By that measure , it is a failure",0 126308,"look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic .",1 167971,"often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion",0 4197,"a tendency to sag in certain places",0 28506,"and ambitious",1 163004,"is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms",0 127168,"misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece",1 11550,"the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 73782,"an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal",1 34261,"lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",1 36765,"seems overlooked",1 171301,"slogs its way through",0 43473,", Martin Scorcese 's Gangs of New York still emerges as his most vital work since GoodFellas .",1 191436,"a such a brainless flibbertigibbet",0 83444,"integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape",1 23612,", evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding",1 170394,"say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them",0 133070,"spare , unchecked heartache",0 83840,"is a pretty decent little documentary",1 127971,"no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge",0 91053,"racism and homophobia",0 139231,"was a guilty pleasure",1 126503,"luscious",1 98402,"to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy",0 38909,"think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",0 119487,"exciting new filmmaker",1 150011,"The young stars are too cute : the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative : the message is too blatant : the resolutions are too convenient .",0 56533,"reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .",1 103091,"-- do n't worry",1 184735,"I was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun , but it was neither",0 58015,"the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge '",0 142466,", the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences .",0 197967,"entirely implausible",0 59506,"transcends our preconceived vision of the Holy Land and its inhabitants",1 78034,"deserving of discussion",1 211241,"sentimentality and annoying stereotypes",0 237308,"the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo",1 179431,"'re dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting",0 182626,"Aspires to the cracked lunacy of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script ends up more like The Adventures of Ford Fairlane .",0 223234,"Elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 23383,", and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s .",1 125699,"lacking in substance ,",0 116577,"can depress you about life itself",0 142989,"A TV style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ) .",0 49697,"better , not just bigger",1 23431,", and that shading is what makes it worthwhile .",1 231920,"implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",0 164013,"its convolutions",0 232266,"is a disaster .",0 103976,"A vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition .",1 227899,"a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten",1 4082,"a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 165485,"majorly ham-fisted",0 157576,"disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations .",0 24142,"... as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the Star Wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement .",1 2539,"the big hit franklin",1 238329,"vibrant whirlwind",1 79157,"equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information",1 206585,"mounted , exasperatingly",0 36273,"quickly , adroitly , and without fuss : it does n't give you time",1 162974,"is just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style",0 206361,"more contemptuous of the single female population",0 141207,"'s also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning",0 98480,"told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing",1 234938,"pile too many `` serious issues ''",0 185908,"Lurid and less",0 156649,"complicated and derivative",1 128929,"of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance",1 148921,"Suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters",0 149736,"The plot has a number of holes , and",0 49514,"be dismissed as mindless",0 75764,"bludgeoning",0 143018,"A boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater .",0 77170,"confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye",1 192363,"ambiguous ending",0 4592,"an ` e ' for effort -- and a ` b ' for boring",0 21189,"knew how to spin a tale and one",1 146689,"It gets old quickly . Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through .",0 47794,"a Barrie good time",1 172579,"taxing",0 44901,"Chilling , well-acted , and finely directed :",1 27294,"You can feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling .",1 150913,"While it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc . )",1 5274,"bravery",1 47515,"Uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be , and among the best films of the year .",1 23462,", be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 77130,"compulsively watchable",1 102362,", a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .",0 82729,"impeccable comic skill",1 32124,"good as Leon Barlow",1 55589,"of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme",1 120842,"funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality",1 208408,"on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good",0 153179,"almost can",0 99494,"vividly recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More , Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him .",1 110881,"Viewers of Barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it .",0 168882,"pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED",0 60744,"'re gonna like this movie",1 59812,"usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona",0 232589,"is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .",0 122363,"his ninth decade",1 78860,"elusive , yet inexplicably",1 104348,"An intimate contemplation of two marvelously",1 203293,"is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 217293,"to review on DVD",0 158706,"extremely silly",0 71891,"a lightweight story about matchmaking",1 18524,"-- there 's no scene that screams '' bathroom break ! ''",1 198453,"fails to keep it up and",0 175241,"they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination",0 94153,"takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful Molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers",1 182356,"An ambitious , guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting .",0 209131,"past your head",1 182518,"Anyone who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes",0 198600,"fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic",1 46929,"The Mothman Prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey .",1 106852,"It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments : you care about the characters : and the action and special effects are first-rate .",1 84958,"it 's worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through",1 143811,"Anemic chronicle of money grubbing New Yorkers and their serial",0 62190,", sad dance",0 176918,"try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them",0 210801,"saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek )",0 83803,"is a hoot , and",1 230381,"doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife .",0 116994,"cinematic razzle-dazzle",1 124804,"it 's a spirited film and a must-see",1 107298,"Kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie . And adults will at least have a dream image of the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",1 195460,"care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance . Just bring on the Battle Bots , please",0 183127,"Clooney might have better luck next time",0 19447,"You would n't call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it )",0 208198,"of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time",0 91098,"rare insight",1 111455,"` this is a story without surprises",0 173037,"that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 70940,"Wickedly funny",1 130903,"quiet , introspective and entertaining",1 228063,"a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 201352,"horribly depressing and not very well done",0 194864,"both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks",0 86713,"malnourished intellectuals",0 52610,"highly successful",1 162249,"inspire the young people",1 162790,"is as tedious as one",0 28202,"all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 143041,"A clumsily manufactured exploitation flick",0 225320,"One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing",0 43019,"wins you",1 233189,"its underventilated père-fils confrontations",0 179248,"your typical ` fish out of water ' story . You 've seen them a million times . Just one problem : Fish out of water usually die .",0 146673,"It feels like a community theater production of a great Broadway play",0 200940,"he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 233626,"make a terrific effort",1 101790,"'s not all new",0 202330,"interest onscreen",1 236505,"that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 227171,"Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test Trekkie loyalty .",0 212530,"static , stilted",0 204332,"its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end",0 116338,"but quietly effective retelling",1 181807,"A loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the TV series .",0 108614,"Return to Never Land may be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families",0 90938,"put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese",1 67867,"None of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either ,",0 135849,"the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present",1 71761,"a great performance and",1 31683,"fit",1 146530,"It 's leaden and predictable ,",0 15805,"follows a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the Kurdish refugees of Iran 's borderlands .",1 56961,"shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film .",1 162820,"is certainly that",1 177276,"unturned",0 230436,"due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired",1 38690,"the sum",1 15919,"great in his role",1 147728,"No reason for anyone to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either",0 216171,"there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .",0 199686,"funnier .",1 232927,"it 's actually watchable",1 126575,"mainstream foreign mush like My Big Fat Greek Wedding",0 89191,"of war-torn Croatia",0 9285,"of intelligence and non-reactionary morality",1 197084,"disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look",0 231042,"from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 11067,"that grew hideously twisted",0 231280,"goofball stunts any `` Jackass '' fan",0 96916,"the triumph of his band",1 132867,"some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",1 47307,"There 's lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X .",1 199395,"force you to scratch a hole in your head",0 92877,"smart , sassy",1 220877,"'s mildly entertaining ,",1 97982,"to champion the fallibility of the human heart",1 61275,"'s still a sweet , even delectable diversion .",1 221929,"A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip --",0 197045,"disagreeable",0 176924,"trying to create some pretty cool characters",1 72619,"a sweet , charming tale",1 68001,"One of the best rock documentaries ever . Wilco",1 123426,"insistent and repetitive",0 182760,"Behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense -- but Sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance .",0 29429,"be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war",1 204780,"leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go",0 190791,"a kind of abstract guilt",0 100121,"who normally could n't care less",0 35419,"of the American dream",1 110771,"Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible .",0 123928,"is as consistently engaging as it is revealing",1 183953,"Flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up .",0 71006,"With lesser talents , High Crimes would be entertaining , but",1 11147,"that wonderfully",1 57647,"tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet",1 208609,"one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films",1 56910,"sheer dynamism",1 83459,"intelligent romantic thriller",1 82429,"hooks us completely",1 33005,"in-jokes for the adults",1 92196,"seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity",0 113056,"a worthwhile effort",1 48447,"a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and",1 171684,"sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that",0 27076,"Touched by an Angel",1 91042,"quite good-natured",1 9486,"one of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome",0 79965,"find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness .",0 19930,"appreciate much of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries",1 216047,"their way around this movie directionless",0 36826,"serious read",1 142626,", well-crafted family film",1 129347,"old-fashioned values",1 38699,"the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman , creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich",1 57849,"that might otherwise separate them",0 81305,"grabs you",1 212743,"stupid ?",0 57921,"that wo n't go away",0 118337,"disgusting to begin with",0 194090,"be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",0 209539,"populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who",0 223923,"If routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea",0 159750,"from the audience than Jar Jar Binks , Scrappy Doo and Scooby Dumb",0 104339,"An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms",0 76628,"cheat",0 25732,"It 's a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies , and Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip .",1 71337,"a buoyant delivery",1 117029,"classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",0 165561,"makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc",0 227829,"a comic fan",1 98928,"uncommonly sincere",1 134509,"that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all",0 5643,"comedic",1 8876,"most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic",0 172554,"talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause",0 151548,"a convict guilty",0 60193,"whose compelling characters and intelligent script are exactly what was missing from Rabbit-Proof Fence",1 24275,"A bold and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what is popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass .",1 164200,"itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : They Might Be Giants ' So",0 121821,"has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them .",0 7411,"in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable",1 150838,"What might have been acceptable on the printed page of Iles ' book does not translate well to the screen .",0 110046,"The only surprise",0 7293,"i saw this movie and i could just skip it",0 49522,"be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . The extent to which it succeeds is impressive",1 88785,"of nuance and characterization",1 109648,"The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 209065,"pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens",0 194491,"being simpleminded",0 62017,", it 's quite fun in places",1 3800,"a forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself",1 141643,"'s tempting to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller .",0 26973,"This cuddly sequel",1 202981,"is honestly affecting",1 61279,"'s strongest and most touching movie of recent years .",1 41803,"directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and",1 162883,"is far from the only thing",0 70368,"Though it runs 163 minutes , Safe Conduct is anything but languorous . It 's packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history .",1 84582,"is robbed and replaced with a persecuted '' other",0 112372,"a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant",0 11396,"the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence , but it 's an enjoyable one .",1 196291,"could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation .",0 163465,"is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea .",0 158435,"even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 167889,"of using bad sci-fi as window dressing",0 142269,", it 's kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting ?",0 176854,"tries too hard",0 169268,"pretty moments",1 11955,"the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation",1 132143,"serve the work especially well",1 1869,"obvious political",0 182440,"An ugly , revolting movie .",0 204814,"leaves a lot to be desired .",0 14920,"albeit depressing view",0 169479,"puppet strings",0 197858,"ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah",0 166753,"nine sequels and 400 years later",0 83383,"innovators",1 169007,"plundered by similar works featuring the insight",0 169000,"plugged an irritating character late",0 85072,"it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time",0 180618,", empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles .",0 223608,"He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does .",0 63155,"A lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone must go to Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him .",1 120022,"fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling",1 68255,"Pray does n't have a passion for the material . He nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race",1 176499,"to the point of nausea",0 136844,"think that 's what I liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline",1 207519,"of a cesspool",0 179713,"'s dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous",0 32613,"hoary plot",0 172392,"suspension of disbelief",0 163032,"is moldy and obvious",0 138808,"up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action",0 176636,"too manipulative",0 39779,"very solid , very watchable first feature",1 11493,"the heavy-handed film",0 142168,", every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism .",0 8026,"its courageousness ,",1 121571,"halfwit plot",0 149085,"The Cold Turkey would 've been a far better title .",0 69874,"The riveting performances",1 101773,"'s no denying that Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him .",1 56658,"rounded and revealing overview",1 132105,"sensuous and",1 138766,"unsatisfying ending",0 185655,"LaBute continues to improve .",1 92536,"short on plot but",0 18929,"His characters are engaging",1 56302,"purposefully reductive movie",1 228505,"amounts to little more than punishment",0 127268,"more appealing holiday-season product",1 41745,"cozy or",1 61655,", Michael Moore 's Bowling for Columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` Are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s .",1 171465,"so painful to sit through",0 128829,"of obnoxious",0 181071,", this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .",0 85482,"jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder",0 61123,"'s most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise",1 149158,"The Time Machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself . It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor ... it 's just plain bored .",0 232537,"is little else to recommend `` Never Again . ''",0 173160,"that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast",0 24179,"11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own",1 222585,"Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad .",1 213977,"the , yes , snail-like pacing and",0 42957,"visually polished ,",1 143536,"Afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , All the Queen 's Men is finally just one long drag .",0 29885,"but worthy",1 91911,"satisfies ,",1 209800,"promises , just not well enough to recommend it",0 137242,"thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch Christian Right propaganda machine into national media circles .",0 83952,"is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",1 12776,"very well-made , funny",1 216048,"their way around this movie directionless ,",0 70392,"Thurman and Lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances",1 79618,"families and church meetings",1 40221,"with interesting characters",1 135755,"the most exciting action films",1 5088,"been lost in the translation",0 78734,"easy to like",1 7613,"into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity",0 25636,"I thought it could have been more .",0 170709,"semi-humorous premise",1 25372,"From the big giant titles of the opening credits to Elmer Bernstein 's perfectly melodic score , Haynes gets just about everything right .",1 157647,"do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another",0 234569,"of the ugly American",0 143013,"A bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points .",0 59732,"unnerving way",0 72069,"a nice little story in the process",1 104421,"Another useless recycling",0 184688,"I liked the movie ,",1 158305,"enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them",1 223354,"Femme Fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience .",0 79191,"especially fine",1 228224,"a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score",1 209301,"pity anyone who sees this mishmash",0 40623,"... the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes '' What Time Is It There ? '' something the true film buff will enjoy",1 149599,"The movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ... it 's at least watchable",1 103661,"A humorless",0 206386,"more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .",0 160694,"has lost its originality",0 237838,"to have been written using Mad-libs",0 218735,"was covered earlier and much better in Ordinary People",0 71466,"a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic ,",1 94850,"that satisfies",1 19545,"a poignant and powerful narrative",1 158084,"earn our love",1 145345,"Fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience",0 16271,"is like being buried in a new environment .",1 153,"a dream",1 235329,"reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain",1 188599,"The punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one . But Death to Smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end .",0 50248,"combustible mixture",1 38440,"the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets",1 160041,"gets so tangled up in The Twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten .",0 122214,"high-adrenaline documentary",1 215339,"the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning . You 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie",1 127533,"motivated by something more than franchise possibilities",1 17478,"the absolute top of the game",1 100097,"who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world",1 196121,"consider what New Best Friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay .",0 37434,"subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise .",1 13703,"-RRB- talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists",1 105981,"Gift",1 109250,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball .",1 150280,"This movie seems to have been written using Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous .",0 84381,"is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once ... a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller .",1 140449,"works on some levels",1 132697,"snazzy",1 233689,"makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks",0 209381,"plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters",0 105310,"Dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .",1 129375,"on an emotional level , funnier , and",1 85577,"just plain awful but still",0 206983,"niftiest trick",1 48393,"a stable-full of solid performances",1 229343,"being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff",1 195060,"but no sense of pride or shame",0 115520,"be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black",1 220105,"would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment",0 171611,"some spunk and promise",1 182422,"An incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people",0 174687,"the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs",0 141304,"'s dumb",0 218893,"wavers between Hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial",0 31073,"emphasized",1 224215,"It 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean ,",0 188353,"The milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch",0 48443,"a touching , transcendent love story",1 227986,"a lighthearted glow ,",1 66446,"Is an Actress works as well as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple .",1 68268,"Probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent",1 47700,"Writer\/director Alexander Payne ( Election ) and his co-writer Jim Taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing .",1 61134,"'s never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller",1 187383,"So bland and",0 234703,"on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 71615,"a feat",1 135995,"the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings",1 51851,"forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable",1 81743,"has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher",1 220026,"worst excesses",0 226727,"Those seeking a definitive account of Eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere .",0 98380,"to the outstanding soundtrack",1 155954,"can make it work",1 145072,"Elicits more groans from the audience than Jar Jar Binks , Scrappy Doo and Scooby Dumb",0 229758,"cartoonish clichés and sneering humor",0 132648,"small , intelligent eyes",1 39285,"to sensual siren",1 23964,", unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 209835,"proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized ,",0 11953,"the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 182357,"An ambitious ` what if ? '",1 14956,"an ` A '",1 238790,"will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .",0 32218,"growing canon",1 212883,"suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected",0 183505,"Distinctly sub-par",0 97691,"through a prism",0 35275,"of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man",1 77497,"crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope",1 90105,"passionate heart",1 4670,"an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality",1 119359,"even when dramatic things happen to people . It labours as storytelling",0 61775,", are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",1 20453,"energetic",1 111447,"` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up",1 75081,"avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",1 202627,"is a picture that Maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of",1 207444,"of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach",0 201398,"how interesting and likable",1 107953,"Nebrida",1 135293,"the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties",0 70410,"Together , Miller , Kuras and the actresses make Personal Velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .",1 13237,"wonderful",1 13160,"with outrageous tendencies",0 177427,"very clever",1 222471,"As teen movies go , `` Orange County '' is a refreshing change",1 110257,"The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained ,",1 146010,"I can easily imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial . Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings",0 106805,"It 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters",1 84295,"is how its makers actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 115452,"be a true ` epic '",1 165911,"might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a Three 's Company-style laugh track .",0 69723,"The movie 's seams may show ... but",1 29841,"but its pleasures are still plentiful .",1 89028,"of the highest order",1 45748,"It 's one heck of a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies but of the unique relationship between them .",1 212926,"superfluous sequel",0 11549,"the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing",0 6034,"does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez .",0 6225,"entertaining and",1 107010,"It is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches :",1 52249,"great cinematic polemic",1 101862,"'s probably not accurate to call it a movie",0 157605,"distracting camera work",0 56032,"pitiful",0 179708,"'s difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting .",0 3820,"a generous cast ,",1 68833,"Slow and ponderous , but Rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love in the face of political corruption",1 203114,"is more interesting ( and funnier )",1 125753,"largely bogus story",0 193534,"as musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets",0 143390,"A technical triumph and an extraordinary bore .",0 139506,"were more repulsive",0 227717,"a Christmas perennial",1 77077,"compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 200251,"grotesque and",0 195303,"caliber cast",1 139010,"very stylish and",1 128142,"not well-acted",0 172888,"that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 177811,"weakest movie",0 99579,"warm , inviting ,",1 37074,"so good as Leon Barlow",1 20745,"has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat",1 97645,"thoughtful screenplay",1 116202,"bright , well-acted and thought-provoking",1 171250,"sleekly",1 148190,"Pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny",0 90966,"puts to rest her valley-girl image",1 61701,", The Hours does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .",1 95002,"the Ball and Chain",0 48380,"a solid build-up , a terrific climax",1 13665,", to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen",1 168880,"pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ...",0 132099,"sensitive and astute",1 97748,"tight and truthful ,",1 103946,"A tired , unimaginative and derivative variation",0 25846,"Japanese director Hideo Nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it",1 84092,"is clearly extraordinarily talented",1 27309,"Zany",1 120159,"first , Mr . Koury 's passive technique",1 27564,"a good time at the movies",1 210460,"required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter",0 219780,"with motionless characters",0 12778,"very well-made , funny and entertaining",1 196816,"deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .",0 56813,"seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel",1 230049,"cringing from the workout",0 31818,"for with its heart",1 211767,"sleazy and fun",1 184246,"Greenlight '' winner",1 216439,"this movie just goes on and on and on and on",0 112572,"a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast",1 8647,"makes s & m seem very romantic , and maggie gyllenhaal is a delight .",1 134339,"that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu",0 42895,"thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . .",1 146074,"I highly recommend Irwin",1 172683,"test Trekkie loyalty",0 135614,"the labyrinthine ways",0 198845,"filled with more holes than Clyde Barrow 's car .",0 188875,"There are many things that solid acting can do for a movie",1 131246,"relatively dry",0 230580,"especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it",0 96122,"the menace of its sparse dialogue",0 102519,", featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore .",1 135195,"the evening to end",0 15082,"and smart",1 71783,"a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level",1 235513,"see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 64391,"Blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances",1 180854,", obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .",0 41037,"Its direction , its script",1 73031,"above most of its ilk",1 205102,"like the military system of justice",1 79591,"fallen",0 156336,"clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and",0 99460,"visual flair",1 16318,"it 's merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke .",0 143822,"Another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths",0 204403,"joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy",0 184581,"I 'm sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment .",0 195851,"coasting . There are a few modest laughs",1 207818,"of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel",0 31017,"effectively creepy",1 77778,"deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer .",1 91953,"says he has to ?",0 37476,"supercharged",1 125979,"life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor ,",1 77981,"demonstrates that the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .",1 148185,"Prurient playthings aside , there 's little to love about this English trifle .",0 119695,"falls apart",0 204735,"laugh so much",1 185228,"It 's the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long .",0 60343,"with every cinematic tool",1 91649,"rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love",1 66491,"It 's a ripper of a yarn and I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill .",1 58602,"the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile",1 187572,"Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 207346,"occasional jarring glimpses",1 33930,"keep your eyes open",1 184687,"I liked the movie",1 61618,", Harvard Man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .",1 115256,"attracting audiences",1 200548,"has generic virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the numbers",1 43720,", the film operates nicely off the element of surprise ,",1 212186,"someone who obviously knows nothing about crime",0 136070,"the procession",1 147226,"Long Time Dead ? Not nearly long enough .",0 227250,"Yet another genre exercise , Gangster No. 1 is as generic as its title .",0 38925,"this average little story is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing .",1 135273,"the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness",1 175558,"this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper .",0 38393,"the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books",1 47053,"The film exudes the urbane sweetness that Woody Allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .",1 96519,"the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar",1 217382,"to substitute plot for personality . It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events",0 189489,"We have 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 .",0 141541,"'s potentially moving",1 220638,"'re rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 194137,"be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 68688,"Seeing Seinfeld at home",1 14350,"Offers a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication .",1 202904,"is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .",1 204407,"joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily",0 6457,"feels less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series",0 114583,"are for children and dog lovers",1 217269,"to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience",1 212129,"some laughs in this movie",1 188942,"This 90-minute dud",0 209473,"points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide",0 227475,"`` Far From Heaven ''",0 140982,"'ll enjoy it",1 69146,"Talk to Her is so darned assured , we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching .",1 91675,"richly rewarded",1 221175,", Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting .",0 35001,"not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat",1 128901,"of shape",1 136703,"themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",0 109347,"Talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .",0 17727,"this barbed and bracing comedy",1 224808,"Mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness .",0 118438,"do n't bother",0 32653,"horror and revenge",0 193032,"are acting like puppets",0 143832,"Anthony Hopkins ? Big deal ! We 've already seen the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal -- and it was better the first time",0 71763,"a great piece",1 72482,"a soul and",1 93091,"some intelligent observations",1 120264,"float like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees",1 148583,"Side of Heaven '' appalling",0 64046,"Armageddon",0 50524,"covers a lot of ground , perhaps too much , but",0 226470,"The screenplay never lets us forget that Bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him ... There is never really a true `` us '' versus `` them ''",1 141818,"( T ) here 's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them .",0 176808,"trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience",0 206230,"miserable and smug .",0 124110,"is hell .",0 16264,"is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times",1 17971,"viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances .",1 50675,"deceit and murder",0 91707,"right-thinking ' films",1 71757,"a great deal of insight",1 99879,"what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned",0 93014,"soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm .",1 135118,"the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression .",0 33270,"is a surprisingly effective Peter\/Spider-Man .",1 180477,", a lot of people wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential .",0 79410,"excels",1 120926,"gaps in their relationships",0 114415,"any of the signposts",0 12792,"villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ) .",0 158881,"fatigues",0 222852,"By the end of it all I sort of loved the people onscreen , even though I could not stand them .",1 17445,"that rare combination of entertainment and education",1 217856,"trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film",0 192581,"an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot",0 237477,"think it ca n't get any more gay",0 200516,"has been lost in the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise",0 60533,"you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other",0 159598,"forsaken the entertaining elements of the original",0 179208,"your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement",0 121348,"gorgeous color palette",1 217908,"tub-thumpingly",1 48290,"a powerful drama",1 153772,"approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all",0 231632,"he just slopped ` em together here",0 51739,"flick that scalds like acid .",0 209385,"plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up .",0 182813,"Black II achieves ultimate insignificance",0 128479,"of a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial . Explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound",0 141978,", High Crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer .",0 19502,"a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less .",1 230267,"disposible",0 230517,"ends up more of a creaky `` Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 23275,") Jackson",1 74964,"at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and",1 128231,"obvious or self-indulgent",0 124951,"it does .",1 215090,"the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time",0 59020,"this new version of E . T . just as I hoped I would --",1 42461,"play out as a clever , charming tale --",1 113055,"a worthless film",0 109156,"Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink",0 228043,"a much needed kick , making `` Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 100294,"will probably disturb many who see it",0 228512,"an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock",0 10113,"repetitive",0 214129,"the alchemical transmogrification of Wilde into Austen --",1 235951,"sour little movie",0 81634,"has a real filmmaker 's eye .",1 47841,"a brilliant movie . It is about irrational , unexplainable life",1 184492,"Horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible .",0 148997,"Tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films : Young is cool , and too young is too cool",0 218492,"very shapable but largely unfulfilling",0 231415,"has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes",1 22868,"world-class",1 19326,"The principals in this cast are all fine , but Bishop and Stevenson are standouts .",1 148623,"Six Days",1 217075,"to guilt-trip parents",0 137235,"throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 147491,"More whiny downer than corruscating commentary .",0 87096,"might deliver again and again",1 98033,"to ever get under the skin",0 41620,"be a cut above the norm ,",1 230543,"enjoyed Barbershop",1 19562,"a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places",1 98427,"to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years",1 77788,"decent drama\/action flick",1 184845,"If you go , pack your knitting needles",0 147565,"Murder and",0 54548,"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1",1 184262,"Halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles .",0 62360,", thoroughly involving",1 78492,"does so without compromising that complexity .",1 183236,"Crossroads feels like a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama .",0 2890,"though lovers of the book may wonder why it 's necessary",0 40382,"wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match .",1 225741,"Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in `` Unfaithful . ''",0 58497,"the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path",1 221320,", dull .",0 193274,"arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone",0 84672,"is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .",1 238941,"wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater",0 227033,"What 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller",1 86216,"loneliness and isolation",0 232773,"is that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture",1 102261,", Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .",1 62438,", you 're engulfed by it .",1 68078,"Pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances",1 83700,"is , in a word , brilliant",1 19368,"Those who would follow Haneke on his creepy explorations ... are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel .",1 193239,"are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 112589,"a really funny movie",1 146423,"It 's a movie forged in the fires of Chick Flick Hell .",0 59805,"uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and",1 26087,"Miike",1 111252,"Works because we 're never sure if Ohlinger 's on the level or merely",1 222620,"Big Fat Waste",0 2125,"really dumb",0 197078,"disease-of-the-week",0 124225,"is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time",0 18647,"An absorbing",1 198057,"evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain",0 83986,"is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences .",1 22273,"the film constantly taut ... reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 210519,"reveals the true intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of Castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda",0 34816,"n't suck as an actress",0 193740,"at existing photos",1 74511,"artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown",1 204933,"lifetime milestones",1 48485,"a weirdly beautiful place",1 231480,"has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie",1 44097,"A giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and",1 94130,"takes a look at 5 alternative housing options",0 98669,"trashy fun",1 107032,"It may ... work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns .",1 117431,"connection or identification frustratingly",0 17256,"solidly seaworthy",1 54223,"liberating",1 174816,"the story 's inability to create interest",0 220580,"'ll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter ...",0 127220,"momento inspirado",1 222077,"A riveting documentary .",1 224538,"Kmart blue-light-special effects all",0 82959,"in his chilling , unnerving film",1 209782,"profoundly stupid affair",0 234939,"pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet",0 127184,"mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion",0 170590,"seemingly uncertain what 's going to make people laugh",0 219298,"while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if Kaos had n't blown them all up",0 215511,"the rollicking dark humor",1 145801,"Hey Arnold ! The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size ,",0 202616,"is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots :",0 118115,"deserves to be seen everywhere .",1 180852,", obnoxious",0 149435,"The film seems a dead weight . The lack of pace kills it , although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt .",0 174836,"the stunt-hungry dimwits",0 100683,"with two fine , nuanced lead performances",1 56067,"pleasurable trifle",1 148558,"Short Cuts",0 188440,"The movie is n't painfully bad , something to be ` fully experienced ' : it 's just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten .",0 180705,", is original",1 101093,"you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .",1 4624,"an ebullient affection",1 34695,"movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats .",1 148532,"Shallow , noisy and pretentious",0 111525,"a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and )",0 157090,"daddy",1 174960,"the urge to doze",0 173333,"the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over",0 434,"appreciation",1 12103,"they takes a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending .",0 233091,"it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",0 155300,"bliss-less work",1 4822,"artsy",1 73744,"an endless trailer",0 181859,"A movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture .",0 218936,"we have no idea what in creation is going on",0 157164,"decadent in its cinematic flash",1 181828,"A mediocre exercise",0 218709,"was a dark and stormy night",0 5923,"despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry , witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be america 's sweetheart",0 57868,"that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A . I . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",1 118507,"does her best",1 7135,"high-energy",1 203667,"is virtually unwatchable",0 47064,"The film is a verbal duel between two gifted performers .",1 200206,"great director",1 236739,"the best espionage picture",1 224721,"Manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney ... take your pick .",0 166529,"my own watch had stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers",0 60018,"well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s European-set spy pictures",1 179025,"years in China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",0 144816,"Despite the premise of a good story ... it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles .",0 217576,"too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice",0 202303,"insultingly inept and artificial",0 227192,"With an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining",1 186367,"No amount of nostalgia for Carvey 's glory days",0 95980,"the kind of energy it 's documenting",1 73251,"adult movies",0 44067,"A fascinating documentary",1 174896,"the thoughts and reflections coming through",1 214436,"the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge",0 154550,"bad in all its florid variety",0 61353,"'s very much like life itself",1 148651,"Slow , dry ,",0 18451,", prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 172828,"that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this '' un-bear-able '' project",0 198942,"fine acting moments",1 68269,"Probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent .",1 192762,"and pretentious endeavor",0 9587,"painfully formulaic and",0 41128,"Offers a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication",1 42304,"looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski ,",1 82147,"here of a director enjoying himself immensely",1 229480,"brutal and funny",1 109925,"The kind of trifle that date nights were invented for .",1 166559,"nary an original idea",0 5788,"create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch",1 148020,"Parker probably thinks he 's shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have , but",0 114356,"another visit",1 151444,"a cage with her ape",0 214023,"the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 232724,"is rigid and evasive in ways that Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich , '' `` Out of Sight '' and `` Ocean 's Eleven , ''",1 43847,"... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero .",1 235890,"soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore",0 104034,"A zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking Morlocks",0 216735,"time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference",0 31095,"engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",1 8669,"manages to delight without much of a story",1 52159,"glorious spectacle",1 32304,"has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question .",1 40887,"Emerges as something rare ,",1 7627,"inventive",1 77157,"concrete story",1 130491,"potent and riveting",1 120188,"fit smoothly together",1 153813,"are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie",0 100726,"without placing their parents in a coma-like state",1 11528,"the intrigue and suspense",1 103739,"A moving and not infrequently breathtaking film .",1 63082,"A gorgeously strange movie ,",1 80279,"for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance",1 178898,"would have made Vittorio De Sica proud",1 1600,"like a poem",1 125978,"life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor",1 194647,"big-fisted",1 47232,"The real charm",1 61793,", biting and witty feature",1 121174,"gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior .",1 93818,"sucks you in and",1 40552,"'s a humble effort , but",0 193031,"are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence .",0 21854,"repetitious",0 114085,"an insultingly unbelievable final act",0 216648,"through all too painfully",0 42696,"still has the chops and",1 215926,"the worst films of the summer",0 17273,"somehow pulls it off",1 226607,"These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher .",1 84367,"is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort",1 49510,"be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",1 20753,"have to add up to mesmerize you",1 114866,"as bad at a fraction the budget",0 74460,"are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching",1 200085,"gone badly awry",0 47771,"` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story ,",0 97310,"things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably",1 194218,"be too narrow to attract crossover viewers",0 91727,"rising star Jake Gyllenhaal",1 159926,"generate cheap Hollywood tension",0 28553,"and contains some thrilling moments",1 153453,"an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class",0 107615,"Margot",1 135511,"the highest and the performances",1 225971,"Still , I 'm not quite sure what the point is ...",0 215314,"the pathetic idea",0 198424,"fabricated",0 168832,"permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations",0 29828,"but it 's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity .",1 187704,"Teddy Bears '",1 140478,"worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production",0 42968,"warmth and",1 176964,"turn and devolves",0 119576,"expressive power",1 58656,"the rest of the world will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious .",1 49926,"by Friel and Williams 's exceptional performances",1 109122,"Spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than ( Total Recall and Blade Runner ) , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .",1 202067,"in the worst sense of the expression",0 44611,"Atom Egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues",1 209711,"pretentious as the title may be",0 37258,"sprightly",1 19728,"an Ikea world",0 231622,"he allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range .",1 156056,"cares passionately about its subject , but",1 188095,"The entire point of a shaggy dog story",0 44678,"Belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis as much as it belongs to Martin Scorsese : it 's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film",1 15112,"any MTV puffery",0 100286,"will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories",0 205033,"like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen",0 63483,"A terrific date movie",1 2053,"pleased",1 118045,"demented in a good way",1 23854,", sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 170507,"secularists",1 25371,"From the big giant titles of the opening credits to Elmer Bernstein 's perfectly melodic score",1 180708,", it 'll only put you to sleep .",0 123570,"into its intriguing subject",1 161379,"hokum but",0 12767,"very human and",1 26396,"Pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale .",1 141250,"'s bad screenwriting",0 46267,"Much as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization , Haneke has a different objective in mind",1 206341,"more bizarre than actually amusing",0 128073,"none of which ever seem to hit",0 8474,"like mike is n't interested in recycling old cliches . it",0 231115,"genuine mind-bender .",1 24517,"A worthy entry into a very difficult genre .",1 129252,"off-kilter dialogue at us",0 104607,"Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 67955,"Offers an interesting look",1 33640,"it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions",0 107403,"Lawrence 's delivery remains perfect",1 235088,"proves that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",1 28399,"an outrageous central gimmick",0 92094,"see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue",1 8561,"lost in the translation",0 128908,"of soft-core twaddle",0 204386,"jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor ,",0 203213,"is never any question of how things will turn out",0 5579,"classic cinema",1 44365,"Adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of Orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book",1 143016,"A boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk 'n' slash .",0 127634,"much stranger than any fiction",0 9647,"pathetic",0 164694,"leaves no cliche unturned",0 59396,"to the mark",1 92657,"signals director Rick Famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema .",1 64669,"Changing Lanes tries for more . It does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received .",1 194796,"bold by studio standards",1 10603,"some cynical creeps at revolution studios",0 178864,"would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun",0 70988,"With a large cast representing a broad cross-section , Tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",1 220353,"you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this DVD .",0 214370,"the cracked lunacy of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script",0 191973,"added disdain",0 30196,"classic films",1 60187,"wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair",1 3357,"'s nothing resembling a spine here",0 103808,"A pretty funny movie , with most of the humor",1 113998,"an enjoyable film in its own right",1 237212,"the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 82247,"his effortless performance",1 18287,"'s hard to know what to praise first",1 28073,"achieved",1 139880,"will be occupied for 72 minutes .",1 74965,"at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand",1 61579,", A Walk to Remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .",1 96332,"the painstaking",0 213507,"that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in",0 203951,"it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen",0 12512,"too much fun",1 187683,"Talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark",0 69273,"The Chateau belongs to Rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms ... is a nonstop hoot .",1 215534,"the same illogical things keep happening over and over again",0 220467,"' rip-off",0 2402,"steals so freely from other movies",0 220794,"'s defiantly and delightfully against the grain .",1 84985,"it belongs on the big screen",1 218330,"us of brilliant crime dramas",1 104399,"Andrei",1 127504,"mostly believable ,",1 7649,"is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation",1 96754,"the still-inestimable contribution",1 132290,"shines through every frame .",1 104018,"A wildly entertaining scan of Evans ' career .",1 144708,"Dawdles and drags when it should pop",0 135925,"the ordeal of sitting through it",0 6005,"disturbing . disgusting",0 233037,"it is a whole lot of fun and",1 196779,"depressing , ruthlessly pained",0 169348,"professional success",1 154701,"be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign",0 130409,"poorly acted ,",0 7051,"have you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 81737,"has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` Baran . '",1 238452,"was poetically romantic and full of indelible images",1 42318,"made by bright and friendly souls",1 225004,"Mr. Wollter and Ms. Seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but",1 70066,"There 's ... an underlying Old World sexism to Monday Morning that undercuts its charm .",0 143753,"An overemphatic , would-be wacky",0 59051,"thoroughly entertaining",1 47992,"a fairly slow paced",0 86081,"like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .",1 125190,"its celeb-strewn backdrop well used",1 168970,"pleasuring its audience",1 58071,"the best sequel",1 200099,"good and different",1 41696,"cat and",1 8320,"know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak",1 153926,"are paper thin",0 72252,"a relentlessly globalizing world",1 97444,"this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .",1 213956,"that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",0 130493,"potentially enticing",1 84089,"is charming",1 121825,"has plenty of laughs . It just does n't have much else ... especially",0 40944,"Hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic",1 143310,"A sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title would imply .",0 108903,"She 's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations .",1 98237,"to proceed as the world implodes",0 27847,"a spectacular piece",1 211402,"she has n't been worth caring about",0 113065,"a young American ,",1 37121,"some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 64528,"Brussels",1 85111,"it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .",1 188089,"The emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down .",0 162832,"is completely lacking in charm and charisma",0 118647,"down the path of the mundane",0 115326,"bad animation and",0 25308,"Finds a way to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original .",1 235871,"so sloppily written",0 102887,", the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .",1 227558,"`` Pretty Woman '' wanted to be",1 151346,"a bad slasher",0 186145,"Mitch Davis 's wall of kitsch hard going",0 201676,"impersonal and abstract",0 104293,"An engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop",1 182407,"An excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay .",0 175058,"the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production",1 31862,"friendship , family and affection",1 182667,"Aussie David Caesar channels the not-quite-dead career of Guy Ritchie .",0 171654,"something has been lost in the translation to the screen",0 47857,"a century and a half ago",1 143904,"As immaculate as Stuart Little 2 is , it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous .",1 163092,"is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor",0 40881,"Effective but",1 191490,"a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama",0 96370,"the performance of Gedeck , who makes Martha enormously endearing",1 116899,"cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials",0 133045,"sounding",1 39065,"throughout the chaos",0 60816,"'s a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism .",1 73689,"an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema",1 161779,"in a difficult-to-swallow setting",0 17554,"the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten",1 86938,"may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .",1 40257,"with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 78998,"engaging diatribes",1 150257,"This is the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another .",0 118781,"dumb fart",0 84051,"is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression",1 71366,"a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 155322,"blue-chip",1 180172,"( Lee ) treats his audience the same way that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 22202,"that that is both unflinching and tantalizing",1 86895,"may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother .",1 29237,"as thrilling",1 100054,"who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents",1 222208,"Aggravating",0 137041,"this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among Wiseman 's warmest .",1 89944,"overrun modern-day comedies",0 191853,"acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one",1 36831,"serves as a valuable time capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people",1 92075,"see Scratch for the music , see Scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .",1 233679,"makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 214756,"the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",0 191434,"a successful career in TV",1 73756,"an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself",1 160545,"hard time",0 162649,"is a new collectible . What parents will suspect is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial .",0 93460,"starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirder",0 135766,"the most moronic screenplays",0 78669,"dumb drug jokes",0 170519,"see a comedy about shoddy airport security",0 130904,"quiet , introspective and entertaining independent",1 51509,"family responsibility and care",1 71888,"a light-hearted way",1 82394,"holds the film together .",1 227820,"a cliché left unsaid",0 134912,"the best possible senses of both those words",1 193587,"as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive",0 150569,"Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters .",0 231481,"has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie .",1 131680,"run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest",0 129596,"one terrific story with lots of laughs",1 52006,"funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated",1 78486,"does not really make the case the Kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .",0 202790,"is basically just a curiosity",0 151363,"a benefit concert",1 107647,"Mattei 's underdeveloped effort",0 238201,"underdog movie since The Bad News Bears",1 134892,"the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films",1 146700,"It is a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that ) .",0 125751,"large-scale action and suspense",1 196961,"diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master",0 36201,"protagonist",0 128825,"of no real consequence",0 4130,"a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation",1 218231,"unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense",0 64337,"Better than the tepid Star Trek : Insurrection",1 96813,"the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 211281,"serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King",0 238903,"with serious ideas",1 76248,"ca n't help but feel ` stoked",1 18653,"An amusing , breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign",1 48081,"a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days",1 7735,"is merited",1 63160,"A lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic ... hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source 's complexity",1 233831,"mentally `` superior ''",1 111633,"a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film",0 229215,"be rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 231114,"genuine heart",1 89116,"of the year 's best",1 22084,"stunning , dreamlike visuals",1 197472,"drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other",0 169988,"rent this on video",1 74961,"at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and",1 188563,"The pretensions -- and disposable story --",0 26370,"Pokemon franchise",1 170635,"seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so",0 85118,"it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look .",1 130570,"presents himself as the boy puppet Pinocchio , complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice",0 214922,"the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any Plympton film : boring",0 122445,"hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all --",0 187065,"Sad nonsense , this . But",0 110650,"To be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame",0 117786,"curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget",0 175046,"the world 's most fascinating stories",1 33838,"its repetitions and inconsistencies",0 207075,"no one in the audience or the film seems to really care",0 92670,"simple message",1 4641,"an enjoyable film",1 195034,"but a very handsomely produced let-down",0 129243,"off the rare trick of recreating",1 130660,"probably be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .",0 42428,"open-endedness and",1 64650,"Certainly the big finish was n't something",0 185038,"It 's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .",0 54672,"may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking",0 16816,"offers a refreshingly different slice of Asian cinema",1 144974,"Dragonfly has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner , flailing away .",0 63831,"An ambitious movie that , like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off .",1 181651,"A family-friendly fantasy",1 27011,"This surreal Gilliam-esque film is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers .",1 4531,"almost laughable",0 210524,"revenge-of-the-nerds clichés",0 23064,"'s a pleasure to see Seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn .",1 33662,"it irresistible",1 106321,"Horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the Serbs themselves but also to a network of American right-wing extremists .",1 187770,"The Count of Monte Cristo ... never quite settles on either side",0 129813,"outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods",1 12414,"to sag in certain places",0 177110,"under by the pacing and lack of creativity",0 87011,"memorable and",1 230954,"for the wan , thinly sketched story",0 119549,"exploitative for the art houses and too cynical ,",0 116871,"charming , funny and beautifully",1 43070,"'' Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .",1 865,"each other against all odds",1 32887,"in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual",1 33597,"it 's more of the same",1 221990,"A fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame Americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with Kissinger .",1 63932,"An often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama",1 203411,"is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own",0 149602,"The movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain :",0 60321,"with a sure and measured hand",1 223473,"Genuinely unnerving .",1 223133,"Did we really need a remake of `` Charade",0 127439,"most impressive",1 232223,"is Holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is .",1 19490,"a fine valedictory work",1 195380,"can hear you snore",0 57885,"that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness",1 188827,"There 's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . Or for the year , for that matter .",0 186200,"Mostly , Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .",0 158949,"feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner",0 205828,"many tense scenes in Trapped",1 193909,"baaaaaaaaad movie",0 202619,"is a movie that starts out like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable .",0 1996,"palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few",0 114246,"and good intentions",1 222102,"A thoroughly awful movie -- dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam of ` The Thing ' and a geriatric ` Scream . '",0 34923,"no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality",0 47853,"a capable thriller",1 209557,"posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse",0 228154,"a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 220309,"you might want to think twice before booking passage",1 85593,"keen insights",1 27535,"a fresh , quirky charm",1 19599,"a terrific American sports movie",1 88017,"not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick",1 82071,"hellish conditions",0 18723,"Benefits",1 123956,"is bravado -- to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time",0 165430,"made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 197314,"does n't give you enough to feel good about",0 66743,"It manages to squeeze by on Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy .",1 176387,"to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us",0 164768,"less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and",0 65930,"Has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope .",1 2347,"some good , organic character work",1 205738,"making Ararat far more demanding than it needs to be",0 234830,"overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot",0 61887,", energetic and smart",1 154334,"astonishingly bad film",0 195299,"calculating fiend",1 144810,"Despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy .",1 119277,"especially compelling",1 213940,"that we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire",0 118990,"emotional buttons",0 53462,"is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term .",1 37988,"the adult mind",1 125874,"leaves him shooting blanks",0 85519,"joyous",1 52008,"funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and",1 101036,"yields surprises .",1 95183,"the best date movie of the year",1 171868,"staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting",0 119313,"even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin",1 115643,"bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority",1 174146,"the joke wears thin",0 63087,"A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers",1 205309,"longtime admirer",1 106267,"Hollywood , success , artistic integrity",1 47299,"The whole is quite entertaining , but",1 32017,"genuine feeling",1 78178,"director D . J . Caruso 's grimy visual veneer",1 190032,"` nature ' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .",0 19074,"Michael Reilly Burke ( Octopus 2 : River of Fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace .",1 106658,"Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics",0 202892,"is essentially juiceless .",0 121116,"gimmicky",1 218493,"very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",0 48020,"a father and son",1 98000,"to crack a smile at",1 60113,"where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated",0 145369,"Flaccid",0 104237,"An action\/thriller",1 137936,"to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 62604,"... the film 's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",0 861,"during sunset",1 158797,"falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation .",1 22618,"typical Bond knock-offs",0 30184,"cinematic experience",1 140952,"'d been sitting naked on an igloo",0 44309,"A thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses Grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos .",1 128036,"no rest period , no timeout",0 66553,"It 's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .",1 157513,"director are the big problems here",0 193826,"atrocities",0 177304,"up in The Twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten",0 45798,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes",1 176062,"to create some pretty cool characters",1 231538,"have a résumé loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3",0 79695,"fascinate",1 87241,"more coming-of-age stories",1 174888,"the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style",0 100629,"with table manners",1 172982,"that does n't compare to the brilliant original",0 163288,"is routine",0 73479,"allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 106822,"It 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie . You could put it on a coffee table anywhere .",1 229371,"better at fingering problems than finding solutions",0 211450,"short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",0 28804,"and sprightly acting",1 124921,"it arrives",1 17238,"so honest",1 3038,"very moving",1 119598,"extraordinary access",1 152137,"a much funnier film",1 97804,"titular",1 138092,"too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet",1 228083,"a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion ,",1 128426,"of a comedy of a premise",1 149772,"The problem with this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . Had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent",0 45929,"Kathy Baker 's creepy turn",0 8462,"like its parade of predecessors ,",0 33183,"inventively",1 214867,"the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves",1 180789,", loud , painful , obnoxious",0 109599,"The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( '' Laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve",1 99504,"vowing , `",1 164258,"jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging .",0 231812,"how low brow it is",0 58901,"then go see this delightful comedy .",1 182836,"Blandly",0 131626,"romantic and serenely melancholy , What Time Is It There ? may prove to be ( Tsai 's ) masterpiece .",1 135221,"the expressive power of the camera",1 158186,"emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject",0 225135,"Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully .",1 2215,"see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from",0 30364,"considering the world 's best cuisine",1 209450,"ploughing the same furrow",0 6886,"green 's half-hearted movie career",0 65588,"For all its problems ... The Lady and the Duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience .",1 21073,"is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right",1 132456,"sick humor",0 71235,"a Lynch-like vision",1 62089,", masterful",1 179945,"'s provocative stuff",1 77610,"crowdpleaser",1 200119,"good natured",1 63398,"A sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss",1 17159,"seemed static",0 42620,"shattering and",1 123970,"is compelling enough , but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish",0 181307,"... feels as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director Nick Cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .",0 213972,"the '' Queen",1 158359,"episodic choppiness ,",0 23134,"'s intense and thrilling at times",1 125108,"it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .",1 67242,"Like Vardalos and Corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm",1 21617,"on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today",1 170606,"seems just a long , convoluted ploy to get men into drag -- period drag , no less",0 53291,"is a good script , good dialogue ,",1 93886,"superficial midlife crisis",0 187656,"Swims in mediocrity , sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then .",0 131030,"rather unique approach",1 230830,"finds a way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 215841,"the vagueness of topical excess",0 176216,"to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller",0 203174,"is n't merely offensive",0 204492,"justify the build-up",1 86489,"magic and whimsy",1 181361,"102-minute",1 149818,"The script has less spice than a rat burger and The Rock 's fighting skills are more in line with Steven Seagal .",0 155814,"by this film , which is immaculately produced",1 57307,"star charisma",1 125143,"it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers",0 70857,"Whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy",0 134549,"that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes",0 145464,"Formula 51 sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey .",0 90804,"proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing .",1 149071,"The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi",0 231061,"full of holes and completely lacking in chills",0 201,"a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , solaris",1 10149,"rewarding",1 147162,"Like a can of 2-day old Coke . You can taste it",0 70884,"While centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the Yiddish theater , both in America and Israel .",1 200234,"gripping thriller",1 121424,"green men",0 112320,"a middle-aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor",1 97978,"to care about",1 49408,"at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment",1 163282,"is rigid and evasive",0 31742,"for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation",1 161124,"her raw performance and utter fearlessness",1 212694,"strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes",1 226056,"Tends to plod .",0 195956,"comes across as pretty dull and wooden",0 138712,"unintentional parody",0 70455,"Trapped wo n't score points for political correctness ,",0 98267,"to reveal his impressively delicate range",1 238112,"trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it",1 226840,"Two-bit potboiler .",0 138792,"unusual homes",1 142067,", albeit a visually compelling one ,",1 39620,"unfamiliar",0 57874,"that recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism",1 163833,"it is impossible to care whether that boast is true",0 6491,"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but",1 219236,"whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 45192,"Evokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones .",1 44085,"A gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable",1 193947,"bad name",0 94947,"that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing",1 97767,"timeless",1 154917,"becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film 's end , a feminist action fantasy",0 238114,"tremendous , offbeat sense",1 9463,"on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers",0 74066,"and thought-provoking film",1 163146,"is no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it .",0 159011,"festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact",0 153660,"antiseptic , preprogrammed feel",0 84772,"is to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",1 222756,"But it 's ) worth recommending because",1 210440,"reprehensible",0 68052,"Overall , Cletis Tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .",1 228693,"another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at Blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees",0 212830,"such a dungpile",0 12153,"this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be",0 144039,"Barney 's ideas about creation and identity do n't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material .",0 209872,"psychological and philosophical",1 176605,"too convenient",0 232683,"is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it .",0 71628,"a few dynamic decades",1 138098,"too grave for youngsters",0 105350,"Deadly dull",0 95666,"the film is well-crafted and",1 114682,"are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times",1 40565,"'s easily his finest American film ... comes",1 23514,", but never showy ,",1 204676,"lame and",0 60208,"wildly unsentimental but flawed",0 55045,"never fails him",1 170025,"requires a taste for Swamp Thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score .",0 110797,"Twohy 's a good yarn-spinner ,",1 203852,"it can seem tiresomely simpleminded .",0 174670,"the sad state",0 229274,"becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''",0 40362,"worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children",1 203117,"is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run .",0 2584,"the dumbest , sketchiest",0 156202,"cheap effects",0 134378,"that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love",1 47580,"What 's not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` My stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ?",1 13445,"'s a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare .",1 103717,"A mischievous visual style",1 110307,"There 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan ,",1 217048,"to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one",0 84289,"is his best film yet",1 72260,"a remarkable new trick",1 24908,"But fans should have fun meeting",1 28370,"an increasingly unsettling sense",0 90191,"perfect in their roles",1 156335,"clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go ,",0 181882,"A pint-sized ` Goodfellas '",1 27110,"Unlike the nauseating fictions peddled by such ` Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies as Life Is Beautiful and Jakob the Liar , The Grey Zone is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in Auschwitz .",1 128655,"of family , forgiveness and love",1 105872,"Franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler ,",1 95744,"the fleeting joys of love 's brief moment",1 216088,"there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back",0 83861,"is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy .",1 202462,"invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series",0 135492,"the hardy spirit",1 126463,"lovingly rendered coffee table book",1 102267,", I 'm the One That I Want , in 2000 .",1 196369,"crap like this",0 154904,"become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon ''",0 96138,"the minds and hearts of many",1 16254,"is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do .",1 48239,"a new and ingenious angle",1 111192,"With a tone as variable as the cinematography",1 6437,"featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock .",1 76975,"comes off as insultingly simplistic",0 9069,"no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or",1 113635,"all the charm of Kevin Kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope",1 956,"far less",0 21114,"it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 132918,"some very good comedic songs , strong finish",1 88139,"oddly compelling",1 225240,"Noyce 's greatest mistake is thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , Hollywood moments to keep us",0 97443,"this is one summer film that satisfies",1 176106,"to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 47267,"The terrific and bewilderingly",1 218756,"was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . For the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .",0 118413,"diverting grim message",0 36748,"seeing just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children",1 67275,"Like the best 60 Minutes",1 57430,"struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them",1 125698,"lacking in substance",0 57457,"stylized Swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters .",1 208754,"opulent",1 161415,"hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .",0 44031,"A delicious , quirky movie",1 23083,"'s also full of sharp , smart satire",1 8230,"just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end",0 214312,"the cliched dialogue rip . Or else a doggie winks",0 135298,"the film 's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures",0 35005,"not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max",1 193386,"as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques",1 135373,"the filmmaker 's extraordinary access",1 126958,"meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults",1 72449,"a smile on your face and",1 9100,"nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable",1 218364,"uses quick-cuts , ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double ( for Seagal ) .",0 27858,"a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion",1 115246,"attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people",0 221167,", I would go back and choose to skip it .",0 126003,"lighting effects and innovative backgrounds",1 6192,"emphasizes the q in quirky ,",1 100529,"with incredible subtlety and acumen",1 75928,"breezy movie",1 94658,"that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati",1 214936,"the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look",0 165456,"made with as little wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy Hollywood caper flick",0 118006,"delightful cast",1 60783,"'s Kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers .",1 1978,"organic",1 130834,"push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time",0 60746,"'re in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish",1 202205,"ineptly directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory .",0 203824,"it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash",0 133511,"subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer",0 113545,"airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",0 80743,"fully endear itself to American art house audiences",1 156728,"consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor .",0 136534,"the visuals , even erotically frank ones ,",1 17980,"want to hate it",0 25447,"Grant gets to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte .",1 189395,"Very stupid and annoying .",0 52504,"have to endure intermissions",0 21865,"reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle .",1 184409,"High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . How about surprising us by trying something new",0 80800,"funny .",1 23959,", twist-and-turn thriller",1 232234,"is NOT a retread of `` Dead Poets ' Society .",1 57661,"terrific and bewilderingly",1 61964,", in an irresistible junior-high way ,",1 141268,"'s better than The Phantom Menace .",1 70724,"We want the funk - and this movie 's got it .",1 45689,"Is God",1 63081,"A gorgeously strange movie",1 117816,"cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma",1 36055,"poetic love story",1 234618,"off-season",0 35932,"pauses",1 143026,"A by-the-numbers effort that wo n't",0 202961,"is good gossip , entertainingly delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone .",0 168201,"one experiences Mr . Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",0 227840,"a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni",0 236192,"suspenseful Argentinian thriller",1 177167,"unending soundtrack",0 144212,"Boring we",0 102319,", Rose 's film , true to its source material , provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer .",1 60897,"'s about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic",0 160725,"has performed a difficult task indeed",1 11189,"the arrogant",0 200061,"goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots",0 42357,"memory , a celebration of living ,",1 230664,"exhilarating documentary",1 128338,"of Jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films",0 213917,"that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and send it to its proper home",0 116930,"cheesy commercialism",0 48074,"a good script",1 115904,"better after Foster",1 172438,"swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds .",0 141823,"( T ) hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the Stepford Wives mentality does n't work in a modern context .",0 44406,"Allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today .",1 109381,"That Jack Nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend .",1 112732,"a smile , just sneers and bile",0 221771,"... Stylistically , the movie is a disaster .",0 26521,"Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor",1 54348,"look American angst in the eye and end up laughing",1 77851,"deferred and desire",1 214551,"the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 147187,"Lily Chou-Chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam .",0 7500,"in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 215354,"the pile of useless actioners",0 18403,", dreamlike visuals",1 12850,"was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son",0 224116,"It 's a beautiful madness .",1 156622,"complete and utter",0 226637,"This film biggest problem",0 109239,"Successfully blended satire",1 229222,"be talking about the film once you exit the theater",1 189373,"Unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . Vulgar is too optimistic a title .",0 219366,"who refuse to admit that they do n't like it",0 220907,"'s no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff",0 133393,"stretched out to 90 minutes",0 214698,"the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma had",0 130954,"races and rackets",1 149218,"The angst-ridden , affluent slacker characters are more grating than engaging .",0 126978,"mediocre horror film",0 64308,"Becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the Papin sisters",1 210517,"revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate",1 117615,"courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball",1 225831,"So fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated .",1 62106,", natural acting and a look at '' the real Americans '' make this a charmer .",1 40927,"Goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast",1 148220,"Queen of the Damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of Aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that explode into flame .",0 198874,"filmmaker Yvan Attal quickly writes himself into a corner",0 215144,"the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us",0 226147,"The Other Side of Heaven `` appalling ''",0 30357,"considerable personal charm",1 135454,"the genuinely funny jokes",1 52293,"gritty and well-acted",1 53548,"is not easily forgotten",1 157220,"deficit",0 169919,"relentlessly brutal",0 129627,"only a genius",0 220536,"'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",1 99027,"unfolds as Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form .",1 51858,"forget about it by Monday , though",0 234857,"pack your knitting needles .",0 104980,"Can I admit XXX is as deep as a Petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure ?",0 159717,"from either the book or the beloved film",1 180712,", it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .",0 233022,"it gets very ugly , very fast",0 211387,"she 's not funny",0 121782,"has made a decent ` intro ' documentary",1 6532,"flat",0 150482,"Too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise",0 74249,"appreciated equally as an abstract Frank Tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",1 40864,"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but",0 44509,"An intense and effective film",1 169341,"produces nearly as much lead as gold",0 151335,"a bad idea",0 154865,"beautifully produced film",1 68585,"Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty",1 89192,"of warmth and gentle humor",1 163765,"it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding",0 63393,"A smart , sassy and exceptionally charming",1 173849,"the face and spit in the eye",0 132322,"short of true inspiration",1 125799,"laughed so much that I did n't mind",1 36040,"pleasurably",1 133636,"superficiality",0 808,"devastating",0 152842,"accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc .",0 13339,"you 're in the right b-movie frame of mind",0 32148,"gorgeous , ramshackle landscape",1 198867,"filmed directly from a television monitor",0 72283,"a rich and full life",1 71080,"Writer-director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .",1 90832,"provocative drama",1 3899,"a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm",1 32048,"giant Chuck Jones",1 109764,"The film 's best trick",1 5448,"care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please",0 85744,"lame Musketeer",0 90266,"photographic marvel",1 87010,"members of the cultural elite",0 68878,"Some movies suck you in despite their flaws ,",1 141216,"'s also uninspired",0 4153,"a strong",1 152449,"a sitcom without the snap-crackle",0 121127,"give '' Scratch '' a second look",1 20412,"does n't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story .",0 1212,"holland lets things peter out midway ,",0 111221,"Without Shakespeare 's eloquent language , the update is dreary and sluggish .",0 182882,"Boys '",1 15159,"as something rare",1 39610,"unelected",0 30464,"crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier",1 71338,"a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance",1 129647,"only seems to care about the bottom line",0 107841,"Mr . Goyer 's loose",0 129517,"one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1 152138,"a much funnier film with a similar theme",1 170624,"seems to be posing , rather than acting",0 46354,"Not everyone will welcome or accept The Trials of Henry Kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one .",1 141279,"'s clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination",0 16308,"it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises",1 189872,"Writer-director Ritchie reduces Wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon .",0 134856,"the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated .",0 139086,"visually bland",0 157273,"denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag",0 136189,"the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby",0 147824,"Nothing wrong with performances here",1 152185,"a number of holes",0 16596,"most famous",1 31252,"even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year",1 74517,"arthouse . The power of this script ,",1 194193,"be seen as hip , winking social commentary",1 198880,"filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible .",0 152528,"a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson all in the same movie",0 20161,"but Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more .",1 179341,"'' winner",1 19716,"also surprisingly funny",1 128527,"of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills",0 193417,"as bestial",0 125237,"its economical",1 201590,"if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad",0 134397,"that it 's actually watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny",1 128668,"of four fine",1 18252,"'ll appreciate much of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries",1 75273,"be half as entertaining as it is",1 123464,"intellectual bankruptcy",0 178045,"when it does n't work",0 150390,"To imagine the life of Harry Potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized Woody Allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist .",0 69596,"The filmmakers ' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment .",1 10235,"saddest",0 180848,", not scarier",0 189511,"Welcome to Collinwood never catches fire .",0 173275,"that we have come to love",1 107105,"Its story about a young Chinese woman , Ah Na , who has come to New York City to replace past tragedy with the American Dream is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling .",1 36945,"shows he 's on his way",1 47519,"Using a stock plot , About a Boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .",1 173418,"the Snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown",0 20388,"discord",0 41419,"a bit smug and",0 61814,", but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances",1 145512,"Frustratingly",0 12380,"to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",0 84791,"is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real .",1 231151,"gets stupid and maudlin",0 138132,"too much like a fragment of an underdone potato",0 79038,"enjoyable Undercover Brother",1 146432,"It 's a very sincere work , but it would be better as a diary or documentary .",1 116135,"both overplayed and exaggerated",0 12953,"what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner ''",1 176571,"tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film",0 190758,"a ho-hum affair",0 200962,"he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster",0 227019,"Well-meant but unoriginal .",0 37515,"surprisingly engaging film",1 3711,"a cutesy romantic tale with a twist",1 205563,"made The Full Monty a smashing success ... but",1 101802,"'s not exactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video",1 180732,", it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .",0 95599,"the feral intensity",1 455,"artfully lighted , earnest",1 221035,"'ve grown tired of going where no man has gone before",0 150289,"This one is definitely one to skip , even for horror movie fanatics .",0 146788,"Its lack of quality earns it a place alongside those other two recent Dumas botch-jobs , The Man in the Iron Mask and The Musketeer .",0 165266,"lose interest",0 61840,", confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually",1 20327,"cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance .",1 140538,"would fit Chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special",0 150855,"What you get with Empire is a movie you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material because there is a Latino in the lead .",0 203534,"is that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and send it to its proper home .",0 76583,"character piece",1 182756,"Behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense",1 1419,"is virtually impossible to follow here",0 81966,"he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie",1 71406,"a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",1 160606,"has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people",1 234781,"or maybe `` 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 ? ''",0 239163,"you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes",0 162549,"is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents",1 231,"a pleasant",1 227147,"Who knows , but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds .",1 71090,"XXX is a blast of adrenalin",1 52197,"good idea",1 210772,"sappy , preachy one",0 40784,"Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut",1 147058,"Lacks heart , depth and , most of all , purpose",0 132008,"seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast",1 108287,"Parents beware : this is downright movie penance",0 25964,"Lewis",1 86788,"many of us have not yet recovered",0 21460,"nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr . DeMeo",0 137143,"those words",1 231666,"heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives",1 64146,"At its worst the screenplay is callow , but",0 109536,"The acting is n't much better .",0 125730,"lampoons the moviemaking process itself ,",0 13019,"which to hang his persistently useless movies",0 54580,"makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film",1 41978,"gets even better in hindsight",1 99746,"wear you out and",0 119389,"every bit as filling as the treat of the title",1 185248,"It appears as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making .",0 137989,"to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation",1 220468,"' shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .",1 235333,"rendered tedious",0 120007,"fiendishly",0 92197,"seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity ,",0 226552,"Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic --",0 60095,"when joined by Brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis",1 49266,"as delightful",1 16427,"landmark role",1 158604,"excessively strained",0 62170,", rather chaotic",0 43503,", accessible and funny",1 177497,"vintage-TV",1 110278,"There 's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments .",0 95332,"the climactic burst of violence",0 20090,"be warned",0 36295,"quirky and leisurely",1 115368,"banal bore the preachy Circuit turns out to be",0 101541,"'s a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects",1 170577,"seem sincere , and just",1 41844,"emotionally rich , poetically plump",1 209594,"potentially interesting idea",1 37088,"so terrific at conveying their young angst",1 132840,"soft-core twaddle",0 37055,"smiling at one time or another",1 186074,"Mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up",0 134603,"that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget",0 201660,"imitative of innumerable",0 106709,"In the end , The Weight of Water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries . '",0 232900,"it 'll be at the dollar theatres by the time Christmas rolls around",0 164489,"knows how to please a crowd , and that 's about all it does well",1 3623,"a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 236412,"that clever angle",1 23057,"'s a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi",1 37523,"surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters",1 27252,"Witty",1 237790,"to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 230362,"does n't quite know how to fill a frame .",0 12789,"villainous varmints",0 107226,"Journalistically dubious , inept",0 66569,"It 's incredible the number of stories the Holocaust has generated . Just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians",1 25226,"Enjoy",1 227164,"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution ,",1 42705,"strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and",1 206981,"nice to see what he could make with a decent budget",1 5288,"brisk",1 131967,"seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits",0 201344,"hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay",0 71676,"a flashy editing style",1 31549,"featuring some of the year 's best acting",1 63586,"A wonderful , ghastly film",1 17693,"their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",1 138751,"unpredictable comedy",1 220046,"would anyone cast the magnificent Jackie Chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects",0 153193,"almost stops the blood flow to your brain",0 145361,"First-time writer-director Dylan Kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people .",1 33267,"is a small treasure , enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic .",1 157330,"desperate miscalculation",0 185601,"Kevin Bray excels",1 12373,"to have it all go wrong",0 228792,"are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers",1 66548,"It 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old Ferris Bueller",1 57988,"the Sally Jesse Raphael atmosphere",0 54512,"make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities .",0 223379,"Fluffy and disposible",0 45653,"In addition to Hoffman 's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .",1 101156,"you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson",1 83747,"is a career-defining revelation .",1 130419,"poorly scripted , preachy fable",0 90711,"produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised",1 11034,"that 's 86 minutes too long",0 66352,"In addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat , Changing Lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight .",1 96935,"the uncompromising knowledge",1 128495,"of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid",1 106318,"Horrid little propaganda film",0 153286,"an absurdly simplistic picture",0 193985,"baloney",0 131240,"rehashes to feed to the younger generations",0 131578,"rises above superficiality .",1 63224,"A must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those interested in the sights and sounds of battle .",1 25055,"D )",1 102520,", featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .",0 129526,"one gets the feeling that the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here",0 232661,"is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish",0 141007,"'m actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it",0 236114,"succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless",1 198081,"even halfway scary",1 204388,"jagged camera moves",0 94433,"than spectacular , E . T . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades",1 55502,"of sensual delights and simmering violence",1 41729,"competent but",1 151836,"a great idea",1 211362,"shame that Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable .",0 144606,"Contrived , awkward",0 109825,"The film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures , but it still manages to get a few punches in",1 174384,"the nagging suspicion",0 83741,"is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism",1 69506,"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel , but",1 185737,"Less funny",0 179648,"'s badder than bad",0 101402,"'ll know a star when you see one .",1 117236,"comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting .",1 86394,"lovely toward the end",1 68198,"Phillip Noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , Christopher Doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of Greene 's prose , and",1 142629,", well-worn video box cover",1 170571,"seem like something to endure instead of enjoy",0 157288,"depressed",0 21663,"ostentatious",1 31363,"experienced",1 161214,"hire a real director and good writers for the next installment",0 234896,"paved with good intentions leads to the video store ''",0 208525,"on this screenplay",1 60557,"you ca n't forget it ,",1 147605,"Myers never knows when to let a gag die : thus , we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another .",0 152015,"a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity",0 156255,"choke a horse --",0 85498,"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and",1 28754,"and pure",1 84961,"it a comic book with soul",1 205947,"may lull you to sleep",0 99749,"wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles",0 174943,"the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids",0 69166,"Terrific as Nadia , a Russian mail-order bride who comes to America speaking not a word of English",1 51662,"filme consegue entreter",1 239047,"would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave",0 92962,"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 .",1 88127,"odd , poetic road movie",1 175987,"to being exciting",1 181795,"A loquacious and dreary piece",0 14823,"a roller-coaster ride of a movie",1 186607,"Oprah 's",1 96439,"the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo",1 59807,"uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor",1 50758,"demeaning",0 47710,"Ya-Ya 's",1 168593,"own style",1 179872,"'s no real sense of suspense",0 213347,"than ` Magnifique '",1 141495,"'s not very funny",0 193297,"artistic merits",1 13285,"writer-director david jacobson and his star , jeremy renner",1 146394,"It 's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel .",0 186465,"Nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of Elizabeth Hurley 's breasts -- is authentic .",0 158261,"endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one",1 187523,"Spy-vs . - spy action flick with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together .",0 115585,"be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or",1 209031,"painting this family dynamic",1 91881,"salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film .",1 40508,"your level of fandom",1 78963,"endless trailer",0 84379,"is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once ...",1 159090,"filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and Disney-fied adolescent angst",0 32823,"in a memorable ensemble piece",1 192156,"all go wrong",0 118144,"despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",0 211128,"seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither .",0 211952,"so low in a poorly",0 115936,"between Sullivan and his son",1 148226,"R . Abrams",1 108528,"Quite frankly , I ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .",0 228149,"a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 206467,"more than a tepid exercise in",0 218403,"value choices",1 46792,"Stands as one of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences",1 197864,"ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise",0 23924,", then the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago .",0 36681,"scale a building",1 126118,"like nothing we Westerners have seen before",1 113032,"a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes",1 3749,"a fascinating",1 8646,"makes s & m seem very romantic , and maggie gyllenhaal is a delight",1 192208,"all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of General Hospital",0 178504,"with a kick",1 69724,"The movie 's seams may show ... but Pellington gives '' Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",1 200169,"governs college cliques",0 70814,"What enlivens this film",1 145877,"Hopkins looks like a drag queen .",0 193294,"artistic and muted , almost to the point of suffocation",0 95636,"the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before",1 2688,"the performances are so leaden , michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless and",0 7833,"is wickedly fun to watch",1 75894,"boxes these women 's souls right open for us",1 177242,"unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 160465,"half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs .",0 237798,"to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 100560,"with more emotional force than any other recent film",1 184258,"Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget",0 95170,"the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated",1 87841,"new relevance ,",1 109773,"The film 's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise .",1 227290,"You feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off ,",1 229718,"can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art .",0 205412,"loses faith in its own viability",0 40598,"( Hawn 's character ) is so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality , and so blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and underwritten",0 226139,"The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and",0 71148,"You may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes wo n't still be tapping .",1 161949,"in providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the Police Academy series",0 51883,"four-star movie",1 29767,"buddies",1 149180,"The X-Files",1 130141,"perfectly creepy and believable",1 85597,"keep - 'em",1 223607,"He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does",0 214704,"the franchise 's best years are long past",0 21054,"is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live .",1 93669,"stunning new young talent",1 228468,"almost makes `` Never Again '' worthwhile , but ( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice",0 103060,", your senses are as mushy as peas",0 92333,"serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .",1 33733,"it wins you over .",1 153497,"an undeveloped narrative",0 221471,", natural acting",1 123340,"induce sleep",0 107906,"My Wife 's plotting is nothing special",0 41244,"The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be",1 35258,"of getting under your skin and sticking with you long after it 's over",1 202579,"is a goofball movie , in the way that Malkovich was",1 70577,"Unlike most surf movies , Blue Crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave . By the end you ca n't help but feel ` stoked . '",1 75380,"beauty , grace",1 32301,"has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1 187380,"So aggressively cheery",0 100861,"works so well for the first 89 minutes",1 167101,"observant cleverness",1 79051,"enjoyed most of Mostly Martha",1 210818,"saw an audience laugh so much during a movie",1 85004,"it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple",1 220206,"yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone",0 88568,"of extremely talented musicians",1 64924,"Daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , Biggie and Tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation .",1 118703,"dramatically substantial",1 66393,"Inherently caustic and",0 33755,"its clunky dialogue and lapses",0 134276,"that crawls along at a snail 's pace",0 53405,"is as respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for",1 71312,"a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful",0 169633,"ranges from bad",0 5464,"casts attractive and talented actors",1 96734,"the soulful gravity",1 162840,"is confused in Death to Smoochy into something both ugly and mindless",0 132163,"set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers",1 203831,"it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun",0 150225,"This is a truly , truly bad movie .",0 102524,", find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .",0 52437,"has the punch of a good sitcom ,",1 86541,"make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson",0 192356,"amateurish , quasi-improvised",0 66087,"Huston 's revelatory performance",1 31920,"from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy",0 131034,"raunchy and graphic",0 23640,", generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public",1 66585,"It 's mostly a pleasure to watch .",1 224627,"Like a tone-deaf singer at a benefit concert , John Q. is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause .",0 8772,"merry",1 63671,"Alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise .",1 103975,"A vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition",1 156844,"costly dud",0 95169,"the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and",1 48807,"allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ...",1 182452,"An unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic ' .",0 50702,"deeper realization",1 80119,"flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original",1 203742,"it 's also drab and inert",0 28365,"an honest look",1 146424,"It 's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame .",0 152998,"after-school '' cartoon",0 82618,"if it belongs on the big screen",1 103769,"A perceptive , good-natured movie",1 130396,"political Blair Witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",1 161647,"image-mongering",0 203875,"it does n't even try for the greatness that Happy Together shoots for ( and misses )",0 14294,"Morvern Callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start .",0 208258,"off more than he or anyone else could chew",0 164846,"lighting that emphasizes every line and sag",0 217861,"trust an audience 's intelligence",1 99457,"visual coming right",1 26498,"Russian Ark is mesmerizing .",1 133129,"splashed with bloody beauty as vivid",1 136966,"this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism :",0 121361,"got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile",0 127351,"more repetition than creativity",0 71315,"a blown-out vein",0 101602,"'s always enthralling",1 182070,"A tired , unnecessary retread ... a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with .",0 134413,"that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",1 113130,"about as interesting",0 95584,"the falcon arrives in the skies above Manhattan",1 116678,"captures a life interestingly lived",1 202771,"is attractive .",1 127249,"morally bankrupt",0 34140,"literary lyricism and profound common sense",1 63871,"An engrossing and grim portrait of hookers",1 177369,"utter fearlessness",1 228549,"an earnest , by-the-numbers effort",1 93932,"surprisingly charming and even witty match",1 43842,". Spielberg",1 131548,"ride through nighttime Manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego .",1 41815,"do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but",1 92698,"sincere and artful",1 5158,"bigger than yourself",1 75836,"both as a historical study and as a tragic love story",1 207681,"of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating",0 93300,"spellbinding serpent 's",1 168982,"plot conceits",0 22952,"'' Cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning '' For serious film buffs only ! ''",0 130672,"problems and",0 235198,"ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0 217444,"to the grayish quality of its lighting",0 91141,"raw comic energy",1 188428,"The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn",0 203931,"it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . Unfortunately",0 148001,"PTA proud yet director Muccino 's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television",0 119230,"epic four-hour Indian musical",1 125843,"leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending",1 30333,"confirmation",1 139776,"who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp",0 143193,"A mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being .",0 102582,", in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is",0 56706,"satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale",1 137628,"to go down with a ship as leaky as this",0 27136,"Vividly",1 95472,"the discomfort and embarrassment",0 215483,"the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer .",0 22639,"understands that a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation",1 214841,"the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music",0 83644,"inventive screenplay",1 139284,"watch , giggle and",1 101548,"'s a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .",0 17513,"the dangers",0 137023,"this pretty watchable",1 44973,"Country",1 7803,"is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show",0 94636,"that embraces its old-fashioned themes and",1 112661,"a sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor",1 97386,"this emotional car-wreck",0 187094,"Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip",0 238179,"ultimate thrills",1 239,"a rather sad",0 125657,"knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 70384,"Throwing it all away",0 235684,"should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes",0 197461,"down-and-dirty",0 98337,"to tear your eyes away from the images",1 17372,"sweet and playful",1 158705,"extremely personal",1 3011,"ugly",0 60986,"'s consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free",1 159483,"for the day",1 137077,"this tortured , dull artist",0 190352,"a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama",0 63843,"An edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era",1 201461,"hunky has-been",0 3329,"'s humorously",1 202163,"incongruous summer playoff",0 40797,"Both deeply weird and charmingly dear",1 97473,"this movie leaves you cool",0 192378,"ame and unnecessary .",0 217778,"treats us to an aimless hodgepodge",0 86547,"make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice",1 142149,", doddering , misogynistic boy",0 119439,"exactly endearing",1 23684,", in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual",1 221941,"A battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye",0 96553,"the recording sessions are intriguing , and",1 204485,"just too bratty for sympathy",0 104656,"Beautifully crafted and brutally honest , Promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people .",1 127987,"no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country",1 14626,"While it would be easy to give Crush the new title of Two Weddings and a Funeral , it 's a far more thoughtful film than any slice of Hugh Grant whimsy .",1 134085,"than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 34710,"moving as Monsoon Wedding",1 89291,"often hilarious",1 63056,"A full experience",1 112318,"a mess from start to finish",0 80460,"form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people",1 77560,"creative mettle",1 99610,"was essentially ,",1 130724,"pros",1 48313,"a ravishing , baroque beauty",1 116260,"brought unexpected gravity to Blade II",1 46468,"Pacino is the best he 's been in years and",1 67663,"Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment",1 226047,"Tambor and Clayburgh make an appealing couple -- he 's understated and sardonic , she 's appealingly manic and energetic .",1 153651,"another stale , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue",0 39918,"weird , wacky and wonderful",1 130873,"putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way",1 216084,"then you will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea .",1 148876,"Stiff and",0 162851,"is creatively",1 41366,"Wannabes ,",0 166524,"my long-suffering eyeballs",0 203232,"is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable",0 76810,"clever and very satisfying picture",1 153747,"apparently takes place in a fantasy world where people in hotel hallways recite poetry in voice-over instead of speaking to each other .",0 192947,"anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made",0 5398,"ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here",0 223021,"Cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` For serious film buffs only ! ''",0 156574,"comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater .",0 62397,", utterly distracting blunder",0 84357,"is like a 1940s Warner Bros . B picture",0 73778,"an exercise in chilling style , and Twohy films the sub , inside and out",1 146678,"It feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects ,",0 109753,"The events of the film are just so WEIRD that I honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .",0 219183,"when the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",0 43546,", but it would be a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories .",0 188397,"The movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite",0 49624,"begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned . And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on",1 68013,"One of the most genuinely sweet films",1 3963,"a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason",0 166510,"mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes",0 161587,"if rather precious ,",1 86564,"make it an above-average thriller .",1 206984,"nifty plot line",1 80328,"for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 224896,"Mr. Deeds is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy .",1 70984,"With ` Bowling for Columbine , ' Michael Moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .",1 53629,"is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven",1 45168,"Evans ) had , lost , and got back",1 198408,"extremely competent hitman films",1 196337,"could very well clinch him this year 's Razzie .",0 30004,"can smell a mile away",0 131323,"remarkably insightful",1 164219,"jerking off",0 65524,"Few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as Nesbitt 's Cooper looks when the bullets stop flying .",1 220980,"'s surprisingly harmless .",1 143721,"An awkward and indigestible movie .",0 156659,"computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music",0 202956,"is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe",1 69489,"The ensemble cast",1 1740,"minority report",0 80962,"get the idea , though",1 58860,"the worst possibilities of mankind",0 237164,"the problem with Wendigo , for all its effective moments , is n't really one of resources .",0 64608,"Can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music",1 100349,"wise-beyond-her-years teen",1 123206,"in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 59711,"unique and",1 126702,"makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty",1 162676,"is a strangely drab romp . Some studio pizazz",0 184214,"Gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid ... a curiously constricted epic .",0 63397,"A sobering and powerful documentary",1 23976,", well ,",1 180105,"( A ) poorly executed comedy .",0 232865,"is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 2501,"that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable",1 167975,"often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view",1 58514,"the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while",0 150084,"There 's too much falseness to the second half , and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging",0 38891,"they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department",1 153385,"an equally great Robin Williams performance",1 155577,"buoys the flimsy story",0 32284,"has always been something likable about the Marquis de Sade .",1 34964,"not be improved upon",1 142012,", Lan Yu never catches dramatic fire .",0 15313,"but a pleasure",1 173806,"the endless pratfalls",0 159215,"flat and",0 65523,"Few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as Nesbitt 's Cooper looks when the bullets stop flying",1 222769,"But it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one .",1 237992,"to the dullest Irish pub scenes",0 146576,"It 's not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie . No , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and so Children of the Century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else .",0 57473,"such a buoyant , expressive flow of images",1 149880,"The story the movie tells is of Brian De Palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career .",0 27145,"Walken especially",1 75633,"between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked",1 189715,"While you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet , you 're a Jet all the way , '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight . ''",0 62914,"A decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big",1 164875,"like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks",0 70309,"This real-life Hollywood fairy-tale",1 207210,"not smart or",0 142390,", plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure .",0 72140,"a pleasing verisimilitude",1 185100,"It 's depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen .",0 82062,"hefty thematic material",1 151767,"a freak show , too mercenary and obvious",0 10575,"so-bad-it",0 132887,"some interesting results",1 110293,"There 's a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls ...",1 200528,"has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew",0 124203,"is light , innocuous and unremarkable",0 142322,", it would have been groundbreaking . Now it 's just tired .",0 88593,"of freshness , imagination and insight",1 31213,"espectacular y muy entretenida",1 214687,"the flat dialogue",0 17924,"underwritten roles",0 17135,"sad , superior human comedy",1 173199,"that something has been lost in the translation to the screen",0 111918,"a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",1 146176,"If I Spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion it 's trying to reap from the moviegoing public .",0 229245,"became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century",0 21267,"magical",1 148857,"Stealing Harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time .",0 103309,"3000",1 10452,"showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome .",0 79926,"films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain",1 78319,"disturb many who see it",0 213264,"tell almost immediately that Welcome to Collinwood is n't going to jell",0 68316,"Qutting may be a flawed film , but",0 175958,"to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",0 112156,"a humanistic message",1 187103,"Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough",1 36751,"seem fun",1 22577,"tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski",0 131856,"screenplay to die for",1 173570,"the boozy self-indulgence",0 142972,"A 93-minute condensation of a 26-episode TV series , with all of the pitfalls of such you 'd expect .",0 114597,"are immaculate , with Roussillon providing comic relief .",1 22193,"that rapidly deteriorating line",0 98293,"to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen",1 173222,"that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 138123,"too many Barney videos",0 119667,"fairly revealing",1 54096,"kind ,",1 140659,"you 'd expect from a guy",1 32335,"has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it",1 190308,"a classical actress",1 67216,"Light the candles , bring out the cake",1 176647,"too many prefabricated story elements",0 218478,"very light",1 153932,"are rolling over in their graves",0 4334,"able to look ahead and resist living in a past",1 190366,"a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes",1 88032,"not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images",1 163945,"it was better the first time",0 100319,"win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews",1 161032,"heart , depth and , most of all ,",1 109504,"The Tuxedo was n't just bad : it was , as my friend David Cross would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 4887,"as only occasionally satirical and never fresh",0 238641,"when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen",1 202517,"is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .",0 183984,"For every articulate player , such as skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman , are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence .",0 102921,", there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .",0 184587,"I 've seen some bad singer-turned actors",0 87185,"modestly",1 55376,"of heartwarming",1 184954,"Interesting and",1 131692,"rush through",0 56348,"quirky and fearless",1 214602,"the film is an agonizing",0 16470,"little clarity",0 45072,"Director of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors",1 35437,"of the best of the year",1 211287,"serviceable at worst",0 31537,"fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) film from Japanese director Hideo Nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it .",1 55008,"naturalistic performance",1 203289,"is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen .",1 116728,"carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect .",1 209653,"predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations",1 61347,"'s very Beavis and Butthead , yet always",0 160157,"glossy coat",1 52194,"good enough",1 19851,"and is enormous fun for thinking audiences",1 188419,"The movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing .",0 162498,"ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against",0 114875,"as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone",1 133559,"such a lousy way",0 71355,"a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications",1 178176,"while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial",0 221019,"'s unnerving to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment",0 9821,"pretension ,",0 133021,"sophisticated and",1 153823,"are decent",1 226546,"The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism , and Ms. Ramsay and her co-writer , Liana Dognini , have dramatized the Alan Warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting",1 33774,"its excessive moral baggage",0 83427,"instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 136561,"the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality",1 167435,"of dramatic unity",1 54144,"largely by a comically adept ensemble",1 61437,"( Gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence",1 177743,"watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert",0 62148,", personal film",1 192692,"and , potentially , of life",1 107036,"It may be a no-brainer , but at least it 's a funny no-brainer",1 156833,"cop-out",0 153939,"are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience",0 195221,"by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy",0 174604,"the quality of a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake",0 81057,"give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism",1 221800,"... has about 3\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity .",0 190510,"a fascinating curiosity piece --",1 145210,"Everyone 's to blame here .",0 140222,"with some glimpses of nature and family warmth",1 49938,"by a rich visual clarity and deeply",1 60829,"'s a lot to recommend Read My Lips",1 163929,"it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness .",0 118968,"eloquent clarity",1 66612,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good , you feel sad ,",1 154831,"be the worst special-effects creation of the year",0 58349,"the great Daniel Auteuil , ''",1 110994,"Wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time .",0 87026,"men with guns",0 18710,"Audiences conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers",0 199242,"for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance",0 134618,"that watching it leaves you giddy . Half Past Dead is just such an achievement",1 59004,"this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .",1 83904,"is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time",1 69616,"The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on Büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history",1 10903,"swings and jostles to the rhythms of life",1 125010,"it is an uneven film for the most part",0 221010,"'s too harsh",0 27146,"War",0 202860,"is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound .",0 230448,"dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ...",0 6921,"half-hearted",0 86487,"magic and is enjoyable family fare",1 35031,"nuances",1 215934,"the worst movies",0 142505,", the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride . But this time , the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .",0 171694,"somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film",0 157817,"does paint some memorable images ... , but Makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters",1 215785,"the toilet and scores a direct hit",0 204513,"keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart",0 184988,"Is n't it a bit early in his career for director Barry Sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ?",0 233660,"makes `` Never Again '' worthwhile ,",1 218719,"was an honest effort",1 27111,"Unlike the speedy wham-bam effect of most Hollywood offerings",1 163034,"is more boring or embarrassing",0 222670,"Bread , My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .",0 94188,"taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit",1 161184,"high-powered star pedigree",1 85183,"its Oscar nomination",1 69905,"The series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities .",1 6798,"gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms",1 179418,"'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen",0 61716,", Yellow Asphalt is an uncompromising film .",1 90008,"padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation",0 102293,", Lawrence 's delivery remains perfect",1 113792,"altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it",1 190989,"a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots",0 199309,"for that matter , Shrek )",1 164517,"lacking in charm and charisma",0 135688,"the manner of a Golden Book sprung to life",1 204226,"its leaden acting",0 77948,"delivers a magnetic performance .",1 65447,"Eyre , a Native American raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor",1 11904,"the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile",0 19179,"Polanski 's best films",1 110254,"The wonderful combination",1 213738,"that its own action is n't very effective",0 36127,"precise",1 89798,"otherwise appalling , and downright creepy ,",0 23154,"'s one of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood .",1 30484,"creative , natural and ancient antidotes",1 141266,"'s best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit Cherish .",0 78494,"does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up",1 126346,"looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer .",0 102326,", Showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while . Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway .",1 10880,"sweet home",1 180366,", Egoyan has done too much .",0 203413,"is so clumsily sentimental",0 179682,"'s consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but",1 93971,"susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up",1 166239,"more strongly to storytelling",1 117066,"cleverly constructed",1 16385,"its magic",1 64621,"Captivates",1 123707,"is a VH1 Behind the Music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation .",1 188971,"This hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book .",0 222600,"Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( `` Laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve",1 129388,"on cotton candy",1 84500,"is now outselling the electric guitar ... ''",1 130061,"pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society",1 221770,"... Pray does n't have a passion for the material .",0 209861,"provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience",1 158256,"ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie .",0 232213,"is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it .",1 43721,", the film shatters you in waves .",1 228181,"a standout performance",1 160971,"he does display an original talent",1 84372,"is marveilleux",1 150743,"We hate ( Madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground .",0 109327,"Taken outside the context of the current political climate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! )",0 192332,"also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 12111,"think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 9370,"of the nincompoop benigni persona",0 98724,"truly larger-than-life character",1 126779,"many before his",1 13197,"without any redeeming",0 52753,"how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others",1 40577,"'s nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr . DeMeo ,",0 117652,"crafty and intelligent",1 106440,"I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it !",0 225040,"Ms. Redgrave 's noblest efforts",1 92502,"shimmers with it",1 141038,"'re clueless and inept",0 66047,"Home Movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .",1 215104,"the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy",0 161426,"horrible poetry",0 140490,"worth a summertime look-see",1 105883,"Frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women . And it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .",0 223322,"Faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill ,",1 200217,"great scares and",1 148009,"Pap invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of God in the fifth Trek flick .",0 39281,"to see anytime soon",1 78089,"devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama .",1 61007,"'s easy to like and always",1 142559,", this could be a passable date film",1 71138,"You do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch , and that 's the mark of a documentary that works",1 21993,"sly wink",1 117981,"del director",1 39329,"to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",1 221759,"-- violence and whimsy do n't combine easily --",0 162860,"is directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future",0 102161,"( and lovely",1 224581,"LeBlanc thought , `` Hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''",0 236101,"stylish psychological",1 207047,"no justice",0 42479,"presents an audacious tour of the past and",1 202142,"incisive and sensitive",1 42923,"tries to balance sweetness with coarseness",1 194997,"built on the premise that middle-class Arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids .",0 66161,"I have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and",1 60867,"'s a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can",1 137691,"to keel over",0 127755,"narrative grace",1 113342,"action-packed chiller",1 37448,"such affecting grace",1 163079,"is n't funny , either",0 236365,"that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other",1 130952,"race splitting",1 24913,"But taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned can not be said to suck .",1 198547,"far more entertaining than I had expected",1 48833,"also intriguing and honorable ,",1 143841,"Any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .",0 52210,"good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 141272,"'s brilliance",1 227362,"` Enigma ' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",0 32414,"he has drawn excellent performances from his cast .",1 196541,"cuteness , Amy 's career success ( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself )",1 230438,"dull .",0 86907,"may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 98722,"truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne",1 119491,"excruciatingly tedious",0 168911,"play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past",0 68030,"One thing you have to give them credit for : The message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work .",1 70352,"Though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the Kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .",0 195653,"chemistry galore",1 119400,"every mournful composition",0 39998,"where few American films dare to delve",1 37224,"spice",1 46423,"One of the more intelligent children 's movies to hit theaters this year .",1 218969,"wears out its limited welcome",0 177726,"watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard .",0 217950,"turns out to be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness",1 229122,"based on J.K. Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers",1 178292,"whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up",0 49258,"as an exceptional thriller",1 173229,"that the movie has no idea of it is serious or",0 216187,"these brats will ever be anything more than losers",0 186236,"Muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for Kevin Costner .",0 219511,"will go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things .",0 124675,"is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film .",0 93540,"stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness",0 225652,"Roman Coppola may never become the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will",0 154236,"as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless",0 103928,"A sub-formulaic slap in the face",0 132880,"some fantastic moments and scenes",1 183729,"Evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story",1 43185,"'s a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman",1 102918,", then you 'll enjoy The Hot Chick .",1 140243,"with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award",1 229796,"changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1 126465,"low-grade",0 233711,"making `` Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 16960,"playful film",1 91540,"resonant chord",1 34748,"murder-suicide",0 50039,"captivating new film .",1 212477,"star performances",1 183581,"Dragonfly ' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .",0 39948,"were your idea of a good time at the movies",1 117183,"come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0 146623,"It 's the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch",0 180445,", Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .",0 43282,"'s no art here",0 187369,"Smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong",0 156139,"chaotic , the photography grainy",0 122796,"impeccable comic timing",1 237354,"the worst -- and only -- killer website movie",0 7659,"is a little tired",0 54770,"modern art",1 144789,"Despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director Peter Mattei 's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy .",0 86005,"light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout",1 105806,"Fidel Castro",0 22729,"we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle",1 130249,"piss on trees , b .",0 221126,", '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight . ''",0 64852,"Craig Bartlett and director Tuck Tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters .",1 54594,"managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart",1 217158,"to leave this loser",0 53645,"is surely",1 69937,"The story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . The performances are all solid :",1 131102,"really cool",1 223101,"Denis and co-writer Michele Petin 's impeccable screenplay",1 40350,"works reasonably well as a star vehicle for Zhao",1 102759,", others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .",0 112296,"a marginal thumbs up",1 213246,"teeth-gnashing",0 37822,"that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 49015,"anarchist maxim",0 214546,"the extremely competent hitman films",1 84412,"is moving",1 155267,"bizarre , funny ,",1 171016,"showcases Carvey 's talent for voices ,",1 234826,"over-the-top , and amateurish",0 72819,"a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper",0 205054,"like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure Hollywood .",0 157252,"delivers mildly amusing performances",1 232136,"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) ,",1 42262,"keeps the film constantly taut",1 21302,"may well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth",1 7316,"if shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith , why did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing",0 96868,"the things that prevent people from reaching happiness",0 78813,"elegant technology for the masses --",1 162936,"is impossible to care whether that boast is true",0 167945,"offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie",0 101771,"'s nice to see Piscopo again after all these years",1 203020,"is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing",0 74300,"are believable as people",1 119718,"familiar , funny surface",1 61993,", is still good fun .",1 104062,"About the best thing you could say about Narc",0 202948,"is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you .",0 111419,"` Slackers '",0 108752,"Santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard",0 236040,"stays with you long after you have left the theatre",1 50037,"captivating drama",1 83350,"ingenious and often harrowing",1 57823,"that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works",1 49458,"bad ' police",0 35260,"of grace in an imperfect world",1 200563,"has its handful of redeeming features , as long as you discount its ability to bore .",0 42593,"see a bit of yourself",1 6027,"does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form",0 132793,"so special",1 75346,"be well worth your time",1 89707,"oozing with attractive men",1 220737,"'s a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .",1 44181,"A moving tale of love and destruction",1 13243,"work up",1 198152,"ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution",0 107536,"Love '' is a little like a chocolate milk moustache ...",1 100181,"whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation",1 225023,"Ms. Hutchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate .",1 179518,"'s a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime",0 74771,"as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die",1 134415,"that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness",0 44084,"A gem",1 140220,"with so much first-rate talent",1 129057,"of the man",0 4951,"attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight",0 105241,"Could n't someone take Rob Schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person",0 112359,"a movie about whimsical folk",1 6509,"firing on all cylinders",1 3268,"'' home movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .",1 4014,"a nice album",1 174305,"the most obvious one",1 97511,"this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature",1 181038,", there 's nothing here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration .",0 237306,"the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid",0 48873,"an absolutely riveting conviction",1 10829,"suffices",0 161470,"how insufferable the character is",0 134643,"that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 165119,"little wit",0 162720,"is all too familiar .",0 77071,"compelling and horrifying story",1 221663,", unassuming , subordinate",0 100024,"while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 237488,"thinking about going to see this movie",1 69233,"The 1960s rebellion was misdirected :",0 208816,"other than the very sluggish pace )",0 149538,"The lower your expectations , the more you 'll enjoy it .",0 119188,"entertaining , if somewhat standardized ,",1 106716,"In the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick , The Emperor 's Club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach .",0 1484,"it migraine-inducing",0 186687,"Phoned-in business as usual .",0 146447,"It 's another stale , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue .",0 119107,"engross even",1 19546,"a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic",1 52134,"give full performances",1 232433,"is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance .",1 73248,"adrenalin",1 190042,"` time waster '",0 121562,"half-baked",0 173018,"that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than",0 233526,"look ill at ease sharing the same scene .",0 189286,"True to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus",0 22144,"terrific American sports movie",1 109395,"That the e-graveyard holds as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy .",1 225140,"No , I hate it .",0 35394,"of sentimentality",1 23311,", Kathryn Bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness . Her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant .",0 217145,"to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 32287,"has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 25459,"Griffin 's smartly nuanced performance",1 22119,"takes a bit too long to find its rhythm",0 5751,"cool",1 20405,"does a good job here of working against her natural likability .",1 73462,"all-powerful",1 108460,"Possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio .",0 59018,"this nervy oddity , like modern art",1 17960,"very funny",1 155458,"brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie",0 156111,"celluloid garbage",0 80557,"frighteningly fascinating contradiction",1 203620,"is too optimistic a title .",0 235127,"puréed mélange",0 77168,"confection that 's pure entertainment .",1 73319,"against this natural grain",0 187969,"The band performances featured in Drumline are red hot ...",1 138716,"uninteresting , unlikeable people",0 92572,"should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end",1 170523,"see a world-class filmmaker",1 24077,"-- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses",1 163660,"it 's kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting ?",0 157175,"decent laughs",1 3094,"well-meaning",1 1613,"literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds .",1 37675,"terrific performances",1 52668,"his top-notch creative team",1 108128,"Oh , James ! Your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this",1 190454,"a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers",0 27243,"With youthful high spirits",1 102242,", Enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .",1 99488,"vivid characters and a warm , moving message",1 13758,"A classy item by a legend who may have nothing left to prove",1 149491,"The jokes are sophomoric ,",0 180381,", I 'd rather watch them on the Animal Planet .",0 231830,"human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience",1 214528,"the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing )",1 221520,", sexist",0 33767,"its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion",1 53710,"is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack",1 220509,"'' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",1 119878,"feel weird \ \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \ \/ Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 136075,"the product of loving , well integrated homage",1 165720,"mature and frank fashion",1 208905,"overachieving",0 64482,"Bring tissues .",1 227478,"`` Feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel",1 43940,"50-year friendship",1 178813,"works so well I 'm almost recommending it , anyway",1 133572,"such an achievement",1 7309,"if nothing else , this movie",1 197935,"ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",0 10613,"some intriguing",1 178761,"wonder what the point of it is",0 43460,", Derrida is all but useless",0 171247,"sleek",1 163999,"its broad racial insensitivity",0 198635,"featured in Drumline",1 167877,"of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances",1 151913,"a joyful or at least fascinating subject",1 106663,"Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics , or an Almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and",0 80784,"funny ( sometimes hilarious )",1 224623,"Like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to Mr.",1 93855,"summer audience",1 83257,"incorporates so much",1 89180,"of unsettling atmospherics",0 63851,"An effortlessly accomplished and richly resonant work .",1 36395,"recent comedies",1 7702,"is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded",0 4634,"an emotional edge",1 108176,"One of the most splendid",1 183209,"Costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as Shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops ,",0 222999,"Consider it ` perfection . '",1 191645,"a world that is very , very far from the one most of us",1 145380,"Flatbush machismo",0 27506,"a feast of visual amazement",1 68332,"Ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented ,",1 199645,"from this unimaginative comedian",0 16981,"potent",1 90367,"plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air .",1 70039,"The writing is clever",1 84088,"is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades",1 91868,"sadists",0 223777,"I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes",0 47994,"a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development",0 23213,"( Attal and Gainsbourg 's ) unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 103079,"-- and timely",1 125766,"last count",1 54617,"many a Hollywood romance . What sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings",1 53251,"is Polanski 's best film",1 110228,"The underworld urban angst is derivative of Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver and Goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself .",1 232721,"is realistic and greatly moving .",1 163002,"is like a series of beginnings and middles that never take off .",0 196151,"consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable",0 83479,"interested in the sights and sounds of battle",1 162834,"is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and",0 204761,"lazily and glumly",0 81181,"goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 106965,"It 's sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt . And , thanks to the presence of ` the King , ' it also rocks",1 122073,"heady , biting , be-bop",1 195494,"cartoonish performance",0 235325,"reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style",1 184191,"Goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but",1 198713,"feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for Shearer 's radio show and his Simpson voice-overs",0 231613,"having so much fun",1 91351,"refreshed",1 139012,"very stylish and beautifully photographed ,",1 193511,"as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide",0 168694,"particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period",0 23589,", easily one of the best films of the year",1 202251,"inner-city streets",1 132668,"smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still",1 18340,", Sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .",1 184175,"Go for La Salle 's performance , and",1 116776,"cause massive cardiac arrest",0 67639,"Most of the things that made the original Men in Black such a pleasure are still there .",1 198270,"exceptionally dreary and overwrought",0 52092,"get the enjoyable basic minimum .",1 29433,"be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time",1 103924,"A stylish cast and",1 96098,"the marvelous Verdu ,",1 196223,"convinced",1 179260,"! The camera twirls ! Oh , look at that clever angle ! Wow , a jump cut !",0 46282,"My Wife Is an Actress is an utterly charming French comedy that feels so American in sensibility and style it 's virtually its own Hollywood remake .",1 187108,"Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic ,",0 183069,"Check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on",0 27387,"a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist",1 140435,"working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding",0 157384,"dialogue , 30 seconds of plot",0 104631,"Barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .",1 224559,"Lagaan is quintessential Bollywood .",1 175158,"there 's bad screenwriting",0 1930,"of virtually plotless meanderings",0 92925,"so believable that you feel what they feel",1 168746,"pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a French poodle",0 197940,"entering",1 90955,"puts a human face on Derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less .",1 8951,"murk",0 18834,"Despite its many infuriating flaws -- not the least of which is Amy 's self-absorbed personality --",0 109622,"The bland outweighs the nifty , and",0 39609,"uneasily as a horror picture ... but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family .",1 113924,"an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters",1 137544,"to easy feel-good sentiments",1 160987,"he just forgot to add any genuine tension",0 136750,"there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely .",0 120513,"for the most part , The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 237740,"to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals",1 183348,"Denzel Washington 's fine performance in the title role",1 57339,"steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .",1 49519,"be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play",1 126395,"lost in the murk of its own making",0 176716,"torn away",0 121569,"halfway intriguing plot",1 59756,"uplifting and",1 3103,"wes craven 's presence is felt",1 57102,"so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .",1 221752,"-- lots of boring talking heads , etc. --",0 26280,"On its own cinematic terms , it successfully showcases the passions of both the director and novelist Byatt .",1 35477,"of the most ingenious and entertaining",1 112777,"a step further ,",1 157077,"cute as all get-out",1 44455,"An absurdist comedy about alienation , separation and loss .",0 218170,"unfairly",0 237766,"to call Reno a great film",1 102656,", it is an engaging nostalgia piece .",1 143924,"As vulgar as",0 92374,"sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip",1 51031,"dressed up this little parable",1 61368,"'s worth it ,",1 17225,"smacks of originality",1 14838,"a splash even greater",1 185907,"Lurid",0 128852,"of predictable narrative rhythms",0 24459,"A sly game of cat and mouse that 's intense and thrilling at times ,",1 70890,"While most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .",1 103521,"A deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city coming apart at its seams .",1 123760,"is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema",1 100219,"wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time",1 29919,"by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons",1 235175,"random glass-shattering",0 57877,"that reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s",1 113963,"an artistry",1 125234,"its easily dismissive",0 187554,"Statham employs an accent that I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British .",0 38242,"the filmmakers supply enough complications , close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us",1 110342,"There 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references , but the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening .",1 130361,"poignant and wryly amusing",1 129166,"of this so-called satire",0 200733,"have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams",0 211443,"shoots for ( and misses )",0 31099,"engaging characterizations",1 132980,"sometimes both",1 140489,"worth a rental",1 37010,"slam-bam",0 46456,"Oscar-winning sound",1 17438,"that includes some of the top actors working in independent film",1 147262,"Love may have been in the air onscreen , but I certainly was n't feeling any of it .",0 213890,"that the playwright Craig Lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his Prelude to a Kiss",0 163905,"it seems to lack substance",0 65748,"George Lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension .",1 226350,"The movie 's seams may show ... but Pellington gives `` Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling .",1 137503,"to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them",1 81677,"has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the Reagan years",1 27037,"Thoughtful , provocative and entertaining",1 181022,", the tale -- like its central figure , Vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .",0 164269,"jump ship in January",0 64834,"Could have been crisper and punchier , but",0 12399,"to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 131101,"really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions",0 178848,"would 've been a far better title .",0 67009,"Kids",1 45629,"If you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of Unfaithful .",1 56676,"ruthlessness",0 222637,"Bland but harmless .",0 2251,"several decent laughs",1 32422,"he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama",1 208615,"one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen",1 205111,"like the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form .",0 202051,"in the story and the somewhat predictable plot",0 94696,"that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games",1 202944,"is generally mean-spirited",0 128669,"of funny movies",1 57377,"store for unwary viewers",0 181804,"A loud , ugly , irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target .",0 206705,"muddled , repetitive and ragged",0 66300,"If you grew up on Scooby -- you 'll love this movie . Matthew Lillard is born to play Shaggy !",1 95388,"the courageous Molly Craig",1 221183,", Mr. Allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie .",1 158166,"embarrassingly ham-fisted",0 96803,"the subject matter is as adult as you can get",1 150055,"There 's no palpable chemistry between Lopez and male lead Ralph Fiennes , plus the script by Working Girl scribe Kevin Wade is workmanlike in the extreme .",0 7745,"is n't interested in recycling old cliches",0 128175,"nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy",0 116725,"carried by a strong sense of humanism",1 221609,", the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .",1 64682,"Charming",1 162413,"into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell",0 32001,"generally sad",0 85092,"it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .",1 77250,"consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and",1 164078,"its many out-sized ,",0 228538,"an appalling ` Ace Ventura ' rip-off",0 162975,"is just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style .",0 10332,"seem to be surefire casting",1 143232,"A movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious Charlie Kaufman",0 189066,"This painfully unfunny farce",0 69542,"The film has a kind of hard , cold effect .",0 48850,"among the best films of the year",1 84850,"it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .",1 73988,"anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer",1 237797,"to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 143660,"Although ... visually striking and slickly staged , it 's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .",0 93189,"sometimes endearing",1 197408,"doing very little",0 124268,"is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an MTV , sugar hysteria , and PlayStation cocktail .",0 48518,"a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",1 74871,"assuming that ... the air-conditioning in the theater",0 47093,"The filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time ,",1 40410,"you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story",1 30315,"comprehensible",1 196981,"directed , barely ,",0 106458,"I had a lot of problems with this movie",0 30580,"daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual",1 233697,"makes this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 162304,"intelligent and considered in its details , but",1 236491,"that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered",0 27529,"a fine line",1 109693,"The determination of Pinochet 's victims to seek justice , and their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director Patricio Guzman 's camera , pack a powerful emotional wallop",1 54136,"lacks in general focus",0 129558,"one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages",1 94240,"tear your eyes away from the images",1 28372,"an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy",0 90530,"possible angle",1 48352,"a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system",1 96256,"the next generation",1 102480,", delicate treatment",1 763,"dazzles",1 79054,"enjoyed the thrill of the chill",1 45822,"It made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters .",1 117946,"deep or",1 33215,"is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls .",0 25592,"How",1 106362,"Huppert 's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience",1 112191,"a laugh riot",1 99646,"was utterly charming .",1 165395,"lying , cheating , but",0 160212,"going for the audience as well",1 57358,"stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why",1 169155,"pranks and scenes",1 20472,"entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games",1 231743,"his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family",0 199451,"found it slow , predictable and not very amusing",0 102692,", kinky fun",1 22788,"who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 149252,"The cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big ...",0 228735,"appalling ''",0 224472,"John Le Carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders",0 163130,"is new",1 31244,"even its exacting author might admire",1 55108,"nonconformist",1 3114,"what you get with empire is a movie you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the lead",0 142308,", it offends by just being wishy-washy",0 107659,"May be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the job done .",1 25235,"Entertains by providing good , lively company .",1 84634,"is something of a triumph .",1 104328,"An incredibly narrow in-joke",0 35093,"of Good Housekeeping 's unsavory characters and WWF mentality",1 214099,"the action sequences -- clearly the main event --",1 104903,"Brutally honest",1 127065,"might have been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year .",1 16695,"obviously struck a responsive chord with many South Koreans",1 231359,"hand you a cup of coffee",0 145191,"Ever see one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one",0 217588,"too few laughs",0 140362,"women she knows , and very likely is . When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , I trust",1 212462,"standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm",0 208406,"on a potentially interesting idea",1 37104,"sociologically pointed",1 193039,"are as contrived and artificial as Kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair",0 39376,"tolerable diversion",1 141562,"'s revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 208792,"original film",1 173874,"the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted",0 213903,"that they are doing it is thought-provoking",1 66512,"It 's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure , as long as you do n't try to look too deep into the story",1 156556,"comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 694,"charming",1 155244,"biggest downside",0 79000,"engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 96447,"the preaching message",0 17706,"there 's a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs",1 130938,"quite a comedy nor",1 39925,"well because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 74348,"are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude",1 112212,"a little more special",1 209136,"pathetic as The Animal",0 2887,"though it draws several decent laughs , it",1 181062,", this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen .",1 33478,"is simple and obvious",0 115829,"being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",0 6015,"do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please",0 183416,"Did we really need a remake of '' Charade",0 200077,"going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking",0 32271,"has a plot full of twists upon knots ... and a nonstop parade of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill .",0 137038,"this rude and crude film",0 131777,"say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",0 124201,"is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad",1 199416,"forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies .",0 145081,"Elysian Fields is idiotic and absurdly sentimental",0 200729,"have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea",1 31352,"existência",0 238009,"to totally suspend disbelief",0 90991,"quick-witted than any English Lit",1 144707,"Dawdles and drags",0 151556,"a cop-out . What happens to John Q ?",0 23890,", that is ,",1 216645,"through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 235947,"soulless and ugly movies like this",0 71663,"a fine , focused piece of work",1 146106,"I regret to report that these ops are just not extreme enough .",0 203452,"is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel",0 64128,"Astonishing ... ( frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment .",1 83771,"is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography",1 200724,"have a hard time sitting through this one",0 120505,"for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers",1 106665,"Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics , or an Almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma .",0 100039,"whipping",0 68924,"Sparse but oddly compelling",1 63481,"A taut , sobering film",1 60189,"whose boozy , languid",0 9951,"quickie teen-pop exploitation",0 110033,"The next big thing 's",1 43432,"( The Cockettes ) provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '",1 97110,"their earnestness -- which makes for a terrifying film",1 72832,"a winning family story",1 52859,"improved .",1 202923,"is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid .",0 30826,"disarming cornball atmosphere",0 114698,"are too grave for youngsters",0 146340,"Instead of panoramic sweep , Kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust .",0 31660,"fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage",1 213295,"tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence",0 188205,"The film is way too full of itself : it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-Oscar kind of way",0 43996,"A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big , four-legged herbivore .",1 31616,"film history",1 153562,"and despairing milieu",0 9567,"overwhelming waste",0 210039,"racist portraits",0 109557,"The animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst .",1 138219,"touching and funny",1 48891,"an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast",1 90342,"play out realistically if not always fairly",1 110285,"There 's a lot of good material here , but there 's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it",1 86688,"making '' Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 60232,"will get a kick out of spotting Cleveland sites",1 28917,"and wonderfully dyspeptic",1 72507,"a staggeringly compelling character",1 184201,"Good-looking but",1 186446,"Not just unlikable . Disturbing . Disgusting .",0 148293,"Ritchie 's treatment of the class reversal is majorly ham-fisted , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke .",0 81703,"has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess",1 2182,"sad",0 207846,"of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film",0 194450,"begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 118940,"el talento",1 202634,"is a rather poor imitation",0 97821,"to Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 182426,"An inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures",0 233536,"looks genuinely pretty",1 97354,"this a charmer",1 1470,"it funny",1 66199,"I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow",1 118020,"deliver some tawdry kicks",1 32099,"glories",1 8720,"may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",0 138765,"unsatisfied",0 231709,"hilariously , gloriously alive , and",1 62876,"A completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside",1 69362,"The Sweetest Thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . But it does have one saving grace . A lot of its gags and",1 153998,"are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam",0 79943,"find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop",1 146784,"Its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action scenes are poorly delivered",0 135709,"the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough",1 223169,"Do n't say you were n't warned .",0 99779,"welcomed",1 198276,"excess layers",0 151859,"a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message :",0 116847,"characterization , poignancy , and intelligence",1 35424,"of the Italian masterpiece",1 87261,"more experimental in its storytelling",1 143612,"All that ( Powerpuff Girls ) charm",1 204093,"it would be sleazy and fun",1 29876,"but together they are magnificent .",1 5091,"before i saw this movie and i could just skip it",0 230648,"exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 111044,"What remains is a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible Sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of Road Trip .",0 207900,"of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups",0 164290,"just another bad movie .",0 126115,"like nostalgia",1 11473,"the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma",0 9964,"quite sure",1 48721,"after drinking twelve beers",0 62569,"... an interesting slice of history .",1 188786,"Theological",1 179558,"'s a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",0 51593,"feels free to offend",0 231446,"has little to do with the story",0 137686,"to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia",1 230943,"for the annoying demeanour of its lead character",0 212393,"spout hilarious dialogue",1 90912,"pure craft",1 64693,"Chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first century America .",1 92050,"second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds",1 66316,"If you love the music , and I do , its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ...",1 105141,"Cletis Tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is",0 232048,"in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 169604,"raise the bar on stylized screen violence",1 77092,"complete moron",0 208993,"own quirky hipness",1 218750,"was just a matter of ` eh",0 24761,"Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut ,",1 99584,"warm and charming",1 146184,"If Oscar had a category called Best Bad Film You Thought Was Going To Be Really Awful But Was n't , Guys would probably be duking it out with The Queen of the Damned for the honor .",0 224496,"Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame .",0 134508,"that peculiar tension",1 56732,"scattershot affair",0 50975,"does so with such an uneven tone",0 191448,"a surgeon mends",1 105833,"For all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian .",0 65969,"Heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .",1 96997,"the visceral excitement",1 48801,"allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .",1 209187,"peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 206229,"miserable and smug",0 151165,"Yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .",0 214487,"the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and",0 20060,"balanced , reflective and reasonable",1 163515,"is too complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious",0 57866,"that proves you",1 66611,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good , you feel sad",1 212862,"sucked dry the undead action flick formula",0 11009,"tepid",0 228202,"a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama",1 203583,"is this movie for ? Not kids , who do n't need the lesson in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 50861,"director Peter Kosminsky",1 24469,"A spunky , original",1 171689,"somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed",1 33504,"is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling .",1 72805,"a way of seeping into your consciousness",1 206546,"most third-rate horror sequels",0 141302,"'s driven by ambition and",1 230437,"due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity",1 164020,"its disgusting source material",0 137033,"this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .",1 222921,"Check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on .",0 101559,"'s a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs .",1 3026,"uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth",0 219108,"what he 's already done way too often",0 48618,"achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation",1 51666,"filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters",1 145960,"I 'm not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but it 's stupid",0 130747,"provide much more insight",1 138818,"updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",0 185643,"Kung Pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party",0 141236,"'s as if De Palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese",0 45450,"Has a lot of the virtues of Eastwood at his best",1 26664,"Subversive , meditative , clinical and poetic , The Piano Teacher is a daring work of genius .",1 96374,"the performances by Harris , Phifer and Cam ` ron seal the deal",1 123861,"is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the Wal-Mart checkout line",0 20448,"empathetic caretakers",1 35311,"of just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair .",1 111260,"World Traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something",1 28591,"and enthusiasm",1 140768,"you have to pay if you want to see it",1 142821,"... this movie is one long chick-flick slog .",0 57014,"since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth",1 221685,", witty , improbable romantic comedy",1 74415,"are so spot on",1 63306,"A raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up",1 129386,"on character",1 16921,"past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 23544,", by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 32258,"happily along for the ride",1 54662,"may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain",1 168618,"pages missing",0 42818,"the heartbeat of the world ,",1 149253,"The cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big ... and",0 166025,"misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable",0 75734,"blazingly alive and admirable on many levels",1 130707,"promise by Georgian-Israeli director Dover Kosashvili",1 71390,"a child with an important message to tell",1 202355,"interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity",0 16023,"heroes",1 214055,"the John Wayne classics",1 10243,"sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent",0 71601,"a family-oriented non-Disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt",1 141167,"'s a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center .",0 21945,"sexy people in gorgeous places",1 4485,"all its vital essence",1 138733,"unlikeable people",0 183008,"Carmen '' which is best for the stunning star",1 176060,"to create a completely crass and forgettable movie",0 22065,"stirring epilogue",1 137345,"to a new , self-deprecating level",0 41727,"common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work ,",1 134606,"that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited",0 193492,"as imperious",0 79663,"far better",1 221614,", then by all means check it out .",1 97320,"think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version",1 20281,"complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 96624,"the same from Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 207309,"não convence",1 203477,"is straight from the Saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness",0 126260,"little vidgame pit",0 196032,"committed dumbness",0 196242,"copycat interpretations",0 29911,"by a terrific performance",1 110544,"This remake of Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John and Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero",0 56924,"shockers since The Evil Dead",1 157716,"does go on forever .",0 214654,"the fine work",1 198943,"fine actors",1 124920,"it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",1 83460,"intelligent screenplay",1 211994,"so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump",0 208431,"on crummy-looking videotape",0 201722,"in Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly",0 204784,"leaning on badly-rendered CGI effects",0 67830,"Nicole Kidman makes it a party worth attending .",1 45800,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and",1 121791,"has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the English call ` too clever by half .",0 149442,"The filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women .",0 604,"bitch",0 184976,"Is '' Ballistic '' worth the price of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked . Would I see it again ?",0 125619,"kitchen-sink homage",0 163066,"is n't as sharp",0 232376,"is actually one of its strengths .",1 11398,"the film is powerful , accessible and funny",1 89146,"of this unique director 's previous films",1 34635,"most haunting",1 224077,"Intimate and",1 144004,"Bad .",0 86636,"makes him the film 's moral compass",1 199912,"giant plot holes",0 39107,"to a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars",1 162495,"involving than this mess",0 206539,"most poorly staged and lit",0 202661,"is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously",0 14509,"The seaside splendor and shallow , beautiful people",1 31541,"feast",1 51651,"film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1 7260,"i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 151011,"With its hints of a greater intelligence lurking somewhere , The Ring makes its stupidity more than obvious . It 's painful .",0 143057,"A compendium of Solondz 's own worst instincts in under 90 minutes .",0 169699,"reach a level of high drama",1 52023,"funny\/gritty",1 173657,"the consciously dumbed-down approach",0 84220,"is funny",1 187991,"The bottom line with Nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : Fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it .",1 106835,"It 's an effort to watch this movie",0 141940,", Amy 's Orgasm is not a porno , though it is as tedious as one .",0 71951,"a masterful work",1 18548,"... reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 49559,"be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain",1 55270,"of a pesky mother",0 49194,"are short , carefully placed and dead-center",1 135339,"the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 55588,"of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies",1 166046,"missed opportunity and trifle than dark , decadent truffle .",0 130092,"peevish",0 113962,"an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 123109,"in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",1 164437,"kills the suspense .",0 183045,"Chan 's action sequences",1 106677,"Impeccably filmed",1 83856,"is a rich stew of longing",1 149422,"The film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture .",0 63276,"A powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s",1 87473,"most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure",1 40141,"win over the most hard-hearted cynics",1 225334,"Opens as promising as any war\/adventure film you 'll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story . ''",0 20269,"comfort food",1 31291,"every frame produces new joys",1 171811,"splendour",1 126584,"maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone",1 10998,"tendentious",0 144924,"Do n't waste your money",0 155765,"by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny",0 171361,"smothered",0 36069,"ponder after the credits roll",1 124975,"it feels more forced than usual .",0 227061,"What sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings .",1 154652,"be a fascinating ,",1 97611,"though he only scratches the surface",0 11646,"the most straight-faced fashion",1 104742,"Bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable . But",1 66829,"JFK conspiracy nuts",0 225870,"Some motion pictures portray ultimate passion : others create ultimate thrills",1 124973,"it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 119884,"feeling like no other film in recent history",1 168421,"ought to be a directing license , so that Ed Burns can have his revoked .",0 155893,"called Best Bad Film You Thought Was Going To Be Really Awful",0 72415,"a skillful fisher",1 134109,"than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach",0 91600,"returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension .",1 91802,"roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .",1 84415,"is n't .",0 71782,"a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion",1 184990,"Is n't it a bit early in his career for director Barry Sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ? And it 's a lousy one at that .",0 13507,", Trapped is an effective and claustrophobic thriller .",1 138991,"very interesting .",1 16394,"its power by sticking to the facts",1 187963,"The bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all",0 235958,"speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand",1 116984,"churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action",0 96099,"the marvelous Verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public",1 155386,"boring , and occasionally annoying",0 219885,"without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision",1 63807,"Amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop .",1 50804,"destruction",0 227252,"Yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .",1 46960,"The Son 's Room is a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of pathos .",1 174178,"the kind of movie that ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that",0 183317,"Death might be a release .",0 209297,"pitifully few real laughs",0 143879,"As ( the characters ) get more depressed , the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound .",0 120115,"find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere",0 195750,"clear sense",1 179990,"'s some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life",1 126824,"marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending",0 48581,"above-average cast",1 57439,"stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories",0 50344,"complex characters",1 152669,"a watch that makes time go faster rather than",1 91114,"rather convoluted",0 148822,"Spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations . It 's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun .",0 220134,"wreaked",0 186164,"More of the same old garbage Hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .",0 13915,"Britney has been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway .",1 159666,"freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class ... Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , '' Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",0 132305,"shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",0 7581,"intelligence and non-reactionary morality",1 1453,"it 's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny",0 112872,"a teen movie with a humanistic message",1 100318,"win a wide summer audience",1 57338,"steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology",0 130386,"pokes , provokes",1 41285,"The principals in this cast are all fine ,",1 61672,", Revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling",1 92024,"screwed-up characters",0 5650,"comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving ,",0 139906,"will find millions of eager fans .",1 101532,"'s a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker .",0 236509,"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",0 89922,"overcome the problematic script",0 159557,"forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot",0 142192,", having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast ,",1 204319,"its share of clever moments and biting dialogue",1 203397,"is simply tired",0 170684,"self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at",0 105761,"Fails",0 100853,"works more often than it does n't .",1 212897,"suitably kooky which should appeal to women",1 106433,"I could just skip it",0 65244,"Easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year .",1 190209,"a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream",0 50611,"damn funny stuff",1 213045,"sweet smile",1 131195,"reducing our emotional stake in the outcome",0 131952,"seeking Christian-themed fun",1 164042,"its good qualities",1 208709,"only thing missing",1 106256,"Hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound",0 67896,"Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker . It must be in the genes .",1 134414,"that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,",0 11123,"that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 230544,"enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events",1 232268,"is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills .",0 29874,"but three times in this animated sweet film",1 52179,"goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the Catholic doctrine",1 145832,"Hit and miss as far as the comedy goes",0 6534,"flat , misguided comedy",0 184554,"Hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat",0 72547,"a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie",1 91918,"saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick ,",1 105717,"Everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings",0 72258,"a remarkable amount",1 20315,"credible performances",1 16173,"intelligent psychological drama .",1 169423,"provoke shocked laughter",1 142263,", it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 213726,"that it might as well have been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy .",0 141759,"( DeNiro ) brings to this part",1 87368,"mortal awareness",1 12516,"too weak",0 153088,"all opportunities for Rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense",0 4954,"attractive",1 213915,"that this should seal the deal",1 194418,"before becoming mired in sentimentality",0 198440,"failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations",0 72039,"a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",1 156296,"cinematic poetry",1 26749,"The WWII drama is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear .",1 159254,"flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 43148,"'s a charming and often affecting journey .",1 169573,"quite as unpleasant",0 177262,"unsuccessful attempt",0 6909,"gymnast",1 8521,"little humor to lighten things up",1 73819,"an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits",1 11003,"tends to pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times ,",0 22968,"'' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 9827,"pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- chelsea walls deserves a medal .",1 82479,"how comically",1 1350,"irony",0 10855,"surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 206381,"more enjoyable than its predecessor .",1 1153,"has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",0 24804,"Bedouins",0 185057,"It 's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . Unfortunately , that 's precisely what Arthur Dong 's Family Fundamentals does .",0 93571,"straightforward and deadly",1 185785,"Like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior",0 61638,", Ignorant Fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two .",1 155773,"by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 184881,"In a strange way , Egoyan has done too much . He 's worked too hard on this movie .",0 205518,"ludicrous terms",0 184598,"I also believe that Resident Evil is not it .",0 9990,"rank",0 136864,"third act miscalculation",0 210710,"rápidamente se transforma en una comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible",1 134421,"that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0 26297,"One of the best of the year",1 11163,"the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here",0 183375,"Despite its promising cast of characters , Big Trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny . '",0 110275,"There 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but",1 25431,"Good movie",1 117668,"crawls along at a snail 's pace",0 214477,"the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past",1 170299,"saga . It 's also stupider",0 134347,"that have preceded it",1 212899,"suitably kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused",1 97271,"they fascinate in their recklessness",1 37057,"smooth sleight",1 202893,"is evaded completely",0 104577,"At the end of the movie , my 6-year-old nephew said , '' I guess I come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much !",1 22982,"'' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 120133,"fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat",1 89047,"of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",1 27163,"We can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes , but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer .",1 163349,"is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 61073,"'s hard not to be carried away",1 23051,"'s a good director",1 54247,"like a well-made PB & J sandwich",1 142981,"A Nightmare",0 5963,"difficulty",0 46209,"More concerned with Sade 's ideas than with his actions . The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as",1 165903,"might as well have been Problem Child",0 219456,"wild , lunatic invention",0 238290,"used to ridicule movies like Hollywood Ending",0 41227,"Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world ,",1 236625,"the Coen brothers and",1 109139,"Stale",0 183131,"Clumsy",0 161427,"horribly mediocre",0 234116,"nicely shot",1 91039,"quite fun",1 14060,"Good fun , good action ,",1 130548,"preferable",1 183265,"Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment",0 43979,"A buoyant romantic comedy",1 124695,"is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .",1 137349,"to a satisfying destination",1 111093,"Where This was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , That is even lazier and far less enjoyable .",0 236235,"takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about",0 142633,", when she 's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall ...",1 47646,"Winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars .",1 76289,"calm and thoughtful",1 48864,"an American tragedy",0 160070,"ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second",0 195872,"cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance",1 216918,"to break the tedium",0 149188,"The acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island --",0 2023,"perfectly",1 202275,"inspires more",1 63806,"Amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community",1 8328,"lack contrast ,",0 50871,"directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable",1 103838,"A really good premise is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness .",0 232564,"is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 222133,"A working class `` us vs. them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered",1 120748,"from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings",0 220742,"'s absolutely amazing how first-time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan",1 107931,"Naipaul fans may be disappointed .",0 56936,"should bolster director and co-writer",1 66786,"It wo n't hold up over the long haul , but",0 148567,"Should n't have been allowed to use the word '' new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 41055,"Kaufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but",1 212599,"stomps in hobnail boots over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel",0 73213,"adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",1 162794,"is barely worth",0 220783,"'s been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion",1 186052,"Maybe you 'll be lucky , and there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back",0 154167,"as gifted as Hoffman",1 49210,"are worthwhile .",1 7718,"is great summer fun to watch arnold",1 118196,"dicey screen material",0 59849,"very enjoyable children 's entertainment",1 131488,"return ticket",0 33290,"is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned .",1 68858,"So could young romantics out on a date .",1 11090,"that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",0 217648,"too obviously",0 88382,"of a war zone",0 181720,"A good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper",1 143800,"Analyze That '' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 214418,"the destruction of property",0 58617,"the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats",1 218818,"wasted minutes of Sandler",0 217073,"to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored",0 218953,"weak on detail and strong on personality",1 217020,"to feel like other movies",1 145127,"Ethan Hawke 's strained Chelsea Walls",0 222355,"And he allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range .",1 170568,"seem like a bad idea from frame one",0 171986,"stiff as a board",0 142797,"... nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects .",0 107693,"McWilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor ,",1 37457,"suffered by an entire people",0 181736,"A great script brought down by lousy direction . Same guy with both hats . Big mistake",0 235970,"spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet",0 230150,"demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame",1 20824,"holds true to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness .",1 20515,"expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment .",1 145185,"Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original",0 99533,"walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .",1 39965,"what really makes it special",1 44415,"Although fairly involving as far as it goes",1 93464,"stately sense",1 188012,"The characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality .",0 57557,"sweetness , clarity and emotional",1 214459,"the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream",0 207613,"of any film more challenging or depressing",0 33263,"is a showcase for Sandler 's many talents .",1 160276,"good writers",1 228095,"a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped",1 161829,"in bad stage dialogue",0 141939,", Amari 's film falls short in building the drama of Lilia 's journey .",0 84102,"is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer .",1 211499,"should have been a cutting Hollywood satire",0 203268,"is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation",0 16603,"mostly intelligent",1 176342,"to recite bland police procedural details",0 52014,"funny , uplifting and moving",1 203077,"is little else to recommend '' Never Again",0 20787,"hip",1 77372,"cool crime movie",1 191603,"a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste",0 211320,"several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes",0 18443,", not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 121666,"has a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth .",1 75038,"attraction and interdependence",1 99096,"unpredictable character",0 114042,"an extended , open-ended poem",1 87578,"much , much better",1 2508,"that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs",1 126190,"listless",0 169457,"pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within .",0 139011,"very stylish and beautifully photographed",1 137632,"to gorgeous beaches",1 199658,"fuddy-duddy",0 136117,"the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline",0 91553,"respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it",1 158544,"everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you !",1 48820,"almost never fails him",1 16227,"is a great glimpse into a very different world .",1 153996,"are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 156670,"concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between Chan and Hewitt",0 162098,"in-your-face wallow",0 12926,"well-meaning to a fault",1 172860,"that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame",0 160060,"getting into too many pointless situations",0 147508,"Most of the action setups are incoherent .",0 146505,"It 's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the movie begins",0 29056,"are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way .",1 69429,"The cast is top-notch and I predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael .",1 235173,"random , superficial humour",0 171727,"sort out the mess in our heads",0 131207,"reeking of research library dust",0 52127,"gifted performers",1 230550,"enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little",1 92332,"serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool",1 37257,"sprawling swashbuckler",1 47134,"The last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful . Mr . Koshashvili is a director to watch",1 62898,"A culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny",1 45556,"I Killed My Father",0 85011,"it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",1 152244,"a poor -- if durable -- imitation",0 53258,"is a brilliant movie . It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .",1 7660,"is a lumbering , wheezy drag",0 54389,"love , longing",1 181181,"-- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness",0 113523,"agony",0 193021,"arduous",0 47848,"a bumpy but satisfying journey",1 181955,"A reworking of Die Hard and Cliffhanger but it 's nowhere near as exciting as either .",0 125539,"justifies its own existence",1 174527,"the picture fails to generate much suspense ,",0 195950,"comes across , rather unintentionally ,",0 13502,", Pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery .",1 88983,"of the clients",1 74379,"are natural and lovely",1 134536,"that reminds at every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm .",0 183763,"Even with its $ 50-million US budget , Pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .",0 232517,"is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity",0 75702,"biographical fantasia",1 29151,"as a shocking history lesson",1 27938,"a visual treat",1 148814,"Spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society , but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama .",0 71624,"a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",1 18216,"is ) talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",1 171569,"some fleetingly amusing improvisations",1 26790,"The experience of watching blobby old-school CGI animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting .",1 78921,"emotionally strong",1 127486,"most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an American director in years .",1 189031,"This is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes , here",0 210976,"seduced . If you do n't laugh , flee",0 205123,"like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 35229,"of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",1 215557,"the sci-fi comedy spectacle as Whiffle-Ball epic",0 117769,"cultivation",1 34619,"most breathtakingly designed",1 236751,"the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest",0 166776,"no discernible craft",0 134406,"that it 's impossible to care",0 137911,"to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry",1 186135,"Mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest The Mummy Returns .",1 32617,"hokum of Hart 's War is never fun",0 32076,"gives it an honest , lived-in glow",1 123324,"indie of the year , so far .",1 223273,"Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original .",0 101693,"'s got the brawn , but not the brains",0 215143,"the movie is certainly not number 1",0 172870,"that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",0 134226,"that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer",0 185235,"It 's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo .",0 95308,"the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film",1 92294,"sentimental script",1 132726,"so fascinating",1 46460,"Others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .",1 102142,"( T ) oo many of these gross out scenes ...",0 61808,", but it 's a sincere mess",0 180446,", Shrek )",1 106803,"It 's a drag how Nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding .",0 3138,"while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it",0 146615,"It 's so badly made on every level that I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it .",0 98744,"truth-telling",1 180579,", by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care",0 118472,"do well to cram earplugs",0 124469,"is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",1 30950,"drawn excellent performances from his cast",1 162721,"is all too predictable",0 152113,"a movie better than this",0 219743,"with giant plot holes",0 902,"enough melodrama",0 55085,"no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same",1 107815,"Moretti ... is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .",1 47614,"While Undisputed is n't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while .",1 199232,"for exploiting the novelty of the ''",0 86671,"makes up for with a great , fiery passion",1 8575,"lovely",1 202540,"is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids",0 193098,"are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film 's production design",0 171433,"so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there",0 60818,"'s a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance .",1 225994,"Stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy ,",0 108359,"Performances are potent , and the women 's stories are ably intercut and involving",1 123467,"intellectual masterpieces",1 73911,"an often-cute film",1 21877,"ride the Hogwarts Express toward a new year of magic and mischief",1 134931,"the bloated costume drama",0 106529,"I wanted more .",0 184254,"Guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this",0 94758,"that led to their notorious rise to infamy",1 180393,", I felt disrespected .",0 151142,"You see Robin Williams and psycho killer ,",0 145147,"Even as lame horror flicks go , this is lame .",0 160840,"have been written using Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 154772,"be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",0 153850,"are incapable of conveying any emotion",0 185790,"Like most of Jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting , but",1 133059,"soured me on The Santa Clause 2 was that Santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard",0 43731,", the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .",1 124777,"is worth your time , especially if you have Ellen Pompeo sitting next to you for the ride",1 124367,"is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 111198,"With flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity",0 54222,"liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances",1 77807,"decidedly uncinematic",0 108029,"None of this is very original",0 40006,"which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 175034,"the wiser and Jason still kills on auto-pilot",0 52541,"heartfelt performances",1 172949,"that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors",0 231742,"his most personal work yet .",1 67606,"Mordantly funny and intimately knowing ...",1 181331,"... pitiful , slapdash disaster . A DOA dud from frame one .",0 40351,"works reasonably well as a star vehicle for Zhao .",1 209448,"plotting and mindless action",0 173471,"the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout",0 91188,"real film",1 238859,"with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1 70215,"This is a nicely handled affair , a film about human darkness but etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch .",1 200677,"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written ,",0 95066,"the Russian word for Wow !",1 219486,"will be impressed by this tired retread",1 6555,"food-spittingly",1 119371,"eventually begins to yield some interesting results .",1 87949,"no-nonsense authority",1 236772,"the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books",1 66806,"Its director 's most substantial feature for some time .",1 189061,"This overlong infomercial",0 198581,"farts , boobs ,",0 150454,"Too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations",0 64571,"By and large this is Mr . Kilmer 's movie ,",1 84275,"is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made",0 45733,"It 's fun lite .",1 221575,", the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way , and -- unless prewarned -- it would be very possible for a reasonably intelligent person to sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all .",0 163206,"is one long chick-flick slog",0 54637,"marvels",1 96105,"the masterful British actor Ian Holm",1 186540,"One ca n't shake the feeling that Crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album .",0 229740,"care too much about this love story",1 58910,"there 's hope for popular cinema yet",1 53252,"is Polanski 's best film .",1 176558,"to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen",0 2670,"the movie is loaded with good intentions",1 37502,"surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie",1 6669,"fresh air",1 102792,", quirky , original",1 189024,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` Why ?",0 82434,"hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness",1 232139,"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and",1 36189,"profound .",1 219954,"wordy",0 196061,"complete with loads of CGI and bushels of violence , but not a drop",0 169373,"promising material for a black comedy",1 222742,"But first , you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort",0 36572,"ridiculous , of course",0 37551,"sweet-natured",1 178780,"wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in",0 151485,"a classic whose witty dialogue",1 231603,"have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort",0 48108,"a high note",1 181885,"A pint-sized ` Goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set , it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense ,",0 218218,"unlikable ,",0 225891,"Somehow Ms. Griffiths and Mr. Pryce bring off this wild Welsh whimsy .",1 141893,"( successful )",1 170090,"reveals the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption",0 206703,"much worth",1 170346,"sank",0 207970,"of self-congratulation between actor and director",0 226504,"The story really has no place to go since Simone is not real --",0 42964,"walking out halfway",0 15991,"he becomes an enemy to his own race .",0 95478,"the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory",1 222452,"As conceived by Mr. Schaeffer , Christopher and Grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell .",0 173802,"the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in",0 191275,"a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed",0 107883,"Much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there is n't much there here .",0 169751,"really bad community theater production",0 98943,"undeniably intriguing",1 101071,"you 've actually spent time living in another community",1 221181,", Minority Report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals .",1 41404,"You might not want to hang out with Samantha ,",0 16103,"in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography",1 184404,"High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / Marine/legal mystery",0 196704,"deliberate laughs",1 35216,"of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 24351,"A gentle blend of present day testimonials , surviving footage of Burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stills .",1 484,"as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",1 51547,"fascinating little tale",1 96188,"the most practiced curmudgeon",1 18883,"Freedom",1 175991,"to bigoted views",0 227303,"You never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride .",1 221018,"'s uninteresting .",0 2025,"perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",1 211501,"should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .",0 84139,"is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans .",1 113957,"an appealing veneer",1 133984,"tequila bender",1 122558,"how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and",0 88434,"of asparagus . If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",0 143517,"Adam Sandler assault and possibly the worst film",0 68464,"Robert Harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills",1 93226,"soulful development",1 14112,"If it 's possible for a sequel to outshine the original , then SL2 does just that .",1 64280,"Beautiful to watch and holds a certain charm .",1 61708,", Two Towers outdoes its spectacle .",1 198267,"exceptional to justify a three hour running time",1 68120,"Parris ' performance is credible and remarkably mature .",1 217669,"too stagy",0 55776,"one heck of a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies but of the unique relationship between them",1 207343,"obviously desired",1 151152,"Young is cool ,",1 15534,"derives its power by sticking to the facts",1 232219,"is A. . .",1 148600,"Simply a re-hash of the other seven films",0 48444,"a tragic dimension",0 75258,"be drawn in by the sympathetic characters",1 45735,"It 's great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again .",1 23785,", music , suspense and action",1 39575,"uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy",0 46513,"Piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie .",1 32121,"good , lively company",1 30228,"co-stars",1 4081,"a renowned indian film culture",1 69481,"The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and",1 90354,"playful and",1 117880,"dated and unfunny",0 173622,"the chemistry or lack thereof",0 32430,"heady experience",1 110084,"The picture 's fascinating byways",1 71741,"a good old-fashioned adventure",1 218309,"updated Dickensian sensibility",1 78875,"emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary",0 210376,"remains oddly detached",0 178784,"work much better as a one-hour TV documentary",0 181738,"A guilty pleasure",1 127918,"new Star Wars movie",1 92157,"seems as tired as its protagonist",0 55402,"of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",1 125923,"less of a trifle if Ms . Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine",0 201818,"in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off",0 150750,"We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers .",0 113452,"affectingly",1 77729,"darned if your toes wo n't still be tapping",1 41940,"fine judges both",1 232362,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture",0 96952,"the upper echelons",1 25971,"Life or Something Like It is very much in the mold of feel-good movies",1 189333,"Unambitious writing",0 201062,"heroes the way Julia Roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism",0 66240,"If Mostly Martha is mostly unsurprising , it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion .",1 148584,"Side of Heaven '' appalling ''",0 177682,"was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through",0 141613,"'s something fundamental missing from this story",0 175731,"thumbs down .",0 46606,"Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even",1 175014,"the weakest movie",0 95319,"the classic tradition",1 107019,"It is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag .",0 159524,"for thrills",1 21135,"its essence",1 66331,"Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all",1 151413,"a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race",1 106745,"Insomnia loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion .",0 157755,"does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding",0 218220,"unlikable , uninteresting",0 155290,"blandly directed",0 153758,"appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen .",0 86152,"literate material",1 116808,"certainly clever in spots",1 233667,"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but",1 125219,"its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches",0 106533,"I was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism .",0 25105,"Despite a story predictable enough to make The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller , its heart is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it .",1 147750,"Nonsensical , dull '' cyber-horror '' flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .",0 105702,"Every sequel you skip will be two hours gained .",0 193343,"as a bitter pill",0 66131,"I am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here .",0 7027,"have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be",0 201454,"humorless and",0 15193,"barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel .",0 125754,"largely devoid",0 166234,"more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me",0 226522,"The trailer is a riot .",1 216510,"this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock .",0 21255,"love the old stuff",1 196565,"daft by half ...",0 206717,"mumbo jumbo",0 17317,"steady , if not very imaginative , hand",0 4529,"almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences .",0 30473,"create engaging characterizations in Imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix .",1 238898,"with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication",1 34571,"more importantly , character empathy --",1 185735,"Less about Shakespeare than the spawn of fools who saw Quentin Tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations",0 3790,"a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 123293,"incomprehensible",0 230883,"following your dreams",1 126057,"like a living-room War Of The Worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown",1 206517,"most improbable",0 56277,"pulls us into its world ,",1 40648,"A deliciously mordant ,",1 172207,"substandard",0 22949,"'' Being Earnest ''",1 26199,"No one goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 48140,"a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated",1 118070,"depress you",0 15512,"dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",1 194636,"big excuse",0 180978,", the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .",0 102055,"( A ) soulless , stupid sequel ...",0 92121,"seeing something purer than the real thing",1 78427,"does its predecessors proud",1 215672,"the stills might make a nice coffee table book",0 69496,"The evocative imagery",1 89439,"on providing deep emotional motivation for each and every one of Abagnale 's antics",1 143409,"A valueless kiddie paean to pro basketball underwritten by the NBA .",0 198136,"eventually cloying POW drama .",0 230190,"did I miss something",0 106332,"However sincere it may be , The Rising Place never quite justifies its own existence .",0 198377,"explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his Prelude to a Kiss",1 151849,"a grim future",0 724,"competent",1 121267,"going through the motions",0 15905,"good lines",1 42220,"is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut",1 174713,"the script 's endless assault",0 18399,", deeply absorbing",1 139637,"whether we 're supposed to shriek",0 141131,"'s a lot less sensational than it wants to be",0 191012,"a movie-industry satire",1 216468,"this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip",0 201955,"in reverse",1 177324,"us , folks . It 's laughing at us",0 52451,"haunts , horrifies , startles and",0 22014,"some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 38628,"the sheer insanity of it all",0 102423,", but director Carl Franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining",1 191153,"a purpose and a strong pulse",1 70432,"Tori Amos records",1 90495,"popcorn adventure",1 165937,"might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",0 25194,"Eight Crazy Nights is a showcase for Sandler 's many talents .",1 1859,"notably better",1 84896,"it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun",1 143318,"A sensual performance from Abbass buoys the flimsy story , but",1 143469,"Abbott and Michael Petroni",1 8116,"its recycled",0 183332,"Definitely in the guilty pleasure B-movie category , Reign of Fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable .",1 5785,"cozy",1 136367,"the suggested and the unknown",0 134820,"the annoyance of that chatty fish",0 1861,"notably better acted -- and far less crass -",1 153636,"another bummer of a wrong turn",0 150138,"They felt like the same movie to me",0 226351,"The movie 's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story .",0 54560,"makes it all the more compelling",1 51777,"for a surprisingly cinematic experience",1 224247,"It 's sweet .",1 182235,"All of the filmmakers ' calculations ca n't rescue Brown Sugar from the curse of blandness .",0 110277,"There 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but Brooms is n't it .",0 178156,"which might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog )",0 132781,"so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that Glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .",0 47016,"The extent to which it succeeds is impressive",1 125697,"lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this",0 168357,"opts for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through .",0 177606,"wanting to see another foreign film",1 48784,"all this contrived nonsense",0 105325,"Davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships",1 223621,"He has a great cast and a great idea .",1 217768,"treads heavily into Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story territory , where it plainly has no business going",0 191293,"a sense of action",1 63432,"A strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design",1 194503,"believe that Resident Evil is not it",0 147020,"Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting .",0 24048,"-- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --",1 43177,"'s a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth",1 69747,"The movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it .",0 117433,"conservative Christian parents",1 223605,"He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery ,",0 135589,"the journey feel like a party",1 31598,"fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1 224386,"It puts Washington , as honest working man John Q. Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher .",1 218335,"use of his particular talents",1 31411,"extraordinary",1 70308,"This ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun .",1 4093,"a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter",1 170426,"scenes and vistas and pretty moments",1 611,"bland but harmless",0 127409,"most audacious , outrageous ,",1 36706,"scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling -- but unquestionably alive .",1 224972,"Mr. Scorsese 's bravery and integrity",1 225674,"Sad nonsense , this",0 238553,"well-structured film",1 124816,"it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .",1 154842,"be turning in his grave , along with my stomach",0 220778,"'s because relatively nothing happens",0 118577,"does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",1 96840,"the talented cast",1 16025,"his best work",1 6680,"fright and dread",0 102908,", the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .",1 8708,"masterfully",1 20162,"but Seldahl and Wollter 's sterling performances",1 36248,"puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding",1 57099,"so American in sensibility and style",1 90785,"proves himself a deft pace master and stylist",1 84669,"is suitable summer entertainment",1 185320,"It might not be 1970s animation ,",0 142048,", The Transporter lacks Besson 's perspective as a storyteller .",0 102958,", this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .",1 129207,"of urgency and suspense",1 182257,"Allegiance to Chekhov , which director Michael Cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard ,",1 10647,"souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in",0 12239,"though clearly well-intentioned ,",1 134925,"the bland animation and simplistic story",0 215810,"the truly funny bits",1 147299,"Made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss",0 142371,", occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",0 50436,"continually raises the standard of her profession",1 188621,"The satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying .",0 170231,"rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 205515,"lucid work",1 198309,"exhaustingly contrived",0 115031,"as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller",1 201938,"in on the resourceful amnesiac",1 70193,"This fascinating experiment plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air .",1 35084,"of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 146203,"If there 's one thing this world needs less of",0 13691,"-LRB- A -RRB- rare , beautiful film .",1 71720,"a gawky actor",0 68557,"Sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people .",1 36526,"resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir .",1 208830,"otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés",0 170093,"revelled in the entertaining shallows",1 83451,"intelligence and verve",1 21184,"keeps the film constantly taut ... reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 97677,"thriller with enough unexpected twists",1 170276,"saccharine earnestness",1 122660,"ideal outlet",1 122794,"immersed in love , lust , and sin",1 78346,"do n't combine easily",0 76805,"clever and cutting",1 25672,"Impresses you with its open-endedness and surprises",1 103904,"A soul-stirring documentary about the Israeli\/Palestinian conflict as",1 119645,"fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer",0 162426,"into the realm of an improbable thriller",0 178501,"with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob : Unfaithful = do n't",0 86078,"like movies that demand four hankies",1 105707,"Everybody loves a David and Goliath story",1 78562,"drags during its 112-minute length",0 148171,"Program",1 58511,"the movie 's most admirable quality",1 69934,"The story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great one .",1 667,"ca n't help but engage an audience",1 101499,"'s a drag how Nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding",0 215167,"the movie would be impossible to sit through",0 44073,"A first-class road movie that proves you",1 66385,"India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh",1 197158,"do a little fleeing of its own",0 110880,"Viewers of Barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle",0 13817,"A thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between : their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .",1 205369,"looking good",1 74430,"are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery .",1 27521,"a film that will have people walking out halfway through",0 154336,"astringent , darkly funny",1 65782,"Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works . Especially give credit to Affleck",1 237174,"the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby",0 90888,"punchier",1 43411,"( Haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' All That Heaven Allows '' and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them . Simply put",1 35576,"offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",1 45786,"It has its faults ,",0 139351,"way-cool by a basic , credible compassion",1 187417,"Some Body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling .",0 199013,"flailing around in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny",0 225219,"Nothing wrong with performances here ,",1 91264,"recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from Lonely Boy to",1 23374,", and Egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion .",1 189450,"Was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in",0 232088,"indescribably bad",0 110208,"The things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers .",0 949,"familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",0 78843,"elicit a chuckle",1 63417,"A stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast and 1930s horror films",1 23714,", it 's worth checking out for the performances alone .",1 194322,"becoming mired in sentimentality",0 182054,"A terrible movie that some people will nevertheless find moving .",0 61063,"'s good to see Michael Caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again",1 168517,"overblown in its plotting ,",0 105423,"Die Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller",1 170679,"self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash .",0 122508,"horrifyingly",0 35760,"or The Others",1 23745,", laugh-filled little gem",1 81637,"has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience",1 143513,"Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad , Little Nicky bad , 10 Worst List bad",0 234112,"next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 198397,"extensive post-production",1 50978,"does somehow manage to get you under its spell",1 121978,"have preceded it",1 201045,"here are unintentional .",0 195334,"camera movements",1 60786,"'s Quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer .",1 200716,"have a bad , bad , bad movie",0 58239,"the dynamic first act",1 65785,"Gives an intriguing twist to the French coming-of-age genre .",1 15902,"good cinematography .",1 211817,"slow , predictable and",0 205696,"make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one",0 75469,"been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe",0 215546,"the same way that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 112710,"a simplistic narrative and",1 151933,"a large group of your relatives",0 91912,"satisfies , as comfort food often can",1 31036,"electric",1 231570,"have easily tipped this film into the `` A '' range , as is",1 29654,"bogus veneer",0 93879,"superb actors",1 120482,"for some very good acting , dialogue ,",1 136805,"they love and make",1 145218,"Exactly what it claims to be",1 77566,"creeping",0 141217,"'s also uninspired ,",0 86795,"many ways the perfect festival film",1 49358,"assurance",1 14861,"a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises",1 63117,"A hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .",1 184365,"He seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither .",0 123288,"incoherent",0 53498,"is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres",1 28298,"amusingly contrived and outlandish",1 38220,"the film feels like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in .",1 216566,"though I could not stand them",0 68304,"Quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer",1 104941,"By turns gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrenching , Laissez-passer has all the earmarks of French cinema at its best .",1 106764,"Inuit masterpiece",1 131663,"rubbish",0 221423,", it gets to you .",1 50991,"doing something wrong",0 207155,"none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between Americans and Brits",0 238796,"will reach far beyond its core demographic .",1 188981,"This is a heartfelt story ... it just is n't a very involving one",0 91339,"redemption",1 235897,"some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like",1 47069,"The film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented ,",1 7785,"is so pat it makes your teeth hurt",0 44498,"An immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century",1 52213,"good-natured fun found in films like Tremors",1 237834,"to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 200122,"good simmer",1 123822,"is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted",1 124597,"is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",1 11901,"the story 's a little weak",0 213615,"that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel",0 132759,"so meditative and lyrical",1 122719,"if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is",1 110551,"This seductive tease",1 90405,"plenty of baggage",0 64401,"Bloody Sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made .",1 226616,"They just do n't work in concert .",0 110480,"This is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so original is its content , look , and style .",1 93049,"solid job",1 91836,"runs 163 minutes",0 98361,"to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking",1 6318,"exciting",1 156561,"comes off as big",1 59561,"try too hard to be mythic",0 51032,"dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances",1 23822,", poetically plump and visually fulsome",1 213702,"that it 's the butt of its own joke",0 221787,"... a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ... The film 's ending has a `` What was it all for",0 7917,"it ca n't escape its past , and",0 66028,"Hollywood movie",1 71736,"a good documentarian",1 40921,"Good movie .",1 194600,"between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking",1 35008,"not-so-stock characters",1 119132,"enjoyed it",1 207356,"odd , inexplicable and unpleasant",0 28341,"an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses",1 50831,"dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie and",1 71933,"a lovely , sad dance",1 3565,"a 90-minute , four-star",1 7015,"hatred",0 155571,"bumping his head",1 43727,", the screenplay only comes into its own in the second half .",1 142828,"... watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . And if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might .",0 203243,"is not a bad movie",1 25368,"From",0 124763,"is well below expectations",0 97194,"therapy-dependent flakeball",0 20974,"invite",1 38197,"the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children",0 101206,"you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours",1 155304,"blob of desperate entertainment",0 45108,"E . T . just as I hoped I would",1 23707,", it 's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .",1 98918,"uncinematic",0 80048,"fits into a classic genre",1 83336,"infused Frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own",1 15033,"and genuine tenderness",1 193898,"awful movie",0 80891,"generous , inspiring film",1 160357,"grim , flat and boring werewolf",0 199569,"from a severe case of Hollywood-itis",0 74705,"as if it belongs on the big screen",1 75731,"blatantly biased",0 80989,"gets under our skin and draws us in long",1 96225,"the movie is in a class by itself",1 121675,"has a true cinematic knack",1 229713,"can such a cold movie",0 223080,"Debut effort by `` Project Greenlight '' winner is sappy and amateurish .",0 131188,"reduce Blake 's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator Todd McFarlane 's superhero dystopia",0 223653,"Highly watchable stuff .",1 138203,"torturing",0 201625,"ill-constructed",0 110020,"The music makes a nice album ,",1 184984,"Is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it ?",0 132034,"seen ( Eddie )",1 171834,"spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 120226,"flat champagne",0 1434,"it 's another retelling of alexandre dumas ' classic . why ? who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .",1 226982,"We 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before ,",0 229240,"beautiful , evocative",1 201159,"his clamorous approach",0 39898,"we recognize even without the Elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing",1 175288,"think of staying with this for more than , say , ten",0 166265,"more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 36042,"pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",1 188706,"The story has little wit and no surprises .",0 74021,"and cinematic deception",0 64158,"At times Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . Yet",0 108074,"Not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet .",1 228384,"advancing this vision",1 12200,"this shimmering , beautifully costumed",1 27334,"` love thyself '",1 173133,"that might have gotten respectful critical praise in a different era",1 63373,"A slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time .",1 150063,"There 's plenty of style in Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel to the 1998 hit but why do we need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes .",0 180263,"( b )",1 200131,"good-for-you",1 68860,"So vivid a portrait",1 216528,"this year 's Razzie",0 70246,"This is n't exactly profound cinema , but",0 160172,"go soft and stinky",0 181202,"-- even as they are being framed in conversation -- Max is static , stilted .",0 36522,"resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 104916,"But the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging",0 111346,"You come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .",1 141163,"'s a trifle .",0 168986,"plot holes so large and obvious",0 57907,"that tries to tell of the unspeakable",1 105175,"Completely awful Iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque",0 127607,"moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , I think ) for something fresh to say",1 163654,"it 's ho-hum all the way through",0 141585,"'s so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments",1 59695,"unflinching and objective look",1 197854,"endlessly repetitive",0 72268,"a remarkably original work",1 83000,"in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake",0 7031,"have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights",0 44818,"By no means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one .",1 218732,"was botched in execution",0 73254,"advances a daringly preposterous thesis",1 93068,"some cute moments , funny scenes ,",1 236499,"that may make you hate yourself for giving in",0 33823,"its pleasures are still plentiful .",1 25809,"Italian masterpiece",1 163844,"it is never melodic",0 182553,"Are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue ?",0 219438,"why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 222003,"A fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience .",1 3476,"... one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i",1 116639,"can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody",1 14921,"alive",1 25740,"It 's also the year 's sweetest movie",1 40153,"wise",1 86461,"made him feel powerful",1 148420,"Scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production .",0 222810,"But the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .",0 7129,"hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty .",0 150565,"Undercover Brother does n't go far enough . It 's just a silly black genre spoof .",0 143229,"A morose little soap opera about three vapid , insensitive people who take turns hurting each other . It 's a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ? '' columns from Ladies Home Journal ...",0 155339,"bodacious",1 109128,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but '' Spider-Man",1 188201,"The film is ultimately about as inspiring as a Hallmark card .",0 146694,"It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny",0 19988,"as award-worthy",1 24642,"An infectious cultural fable",1 43965,"A backstage must-see for true fans",1 149358,"The experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one : the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not .",0 198610,"fathom",0 125594,"kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit",1 151137,"You is pure junk",0 21831,"refined",1 143524,"Admirable ,",1 120855,"funny , smart , visually inventive ,",1 61995,", is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .",1 40299,"within scams",0 170031,"resemblance to ,",1 30673,"delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles",1 114058,"an idea of expectation",1 137254,"tight and nasty",1 176785,"trails off",0 77658,"cut open a vein",0 152457,"a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more",0 198220,"everything else about it is straight from the Saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness",0 72712,"a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 223536,"Great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make Gangster No. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience .",1 113992,"an emotionally satisfying exploration",1 117679,"create something original",1 35411,"of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience .",1 239067,"wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",0 183385,"Despite some comic sparks , Welcome to Collinwood never catches fire .",0 117021,"classic fairy tale",1 78570,"drama , suspense , revenge , and romance",1 166758,"no apparent joy",0 158436,"even more clear",1 41485,"a truly singular character ,",1 205486,"low , very low , very very low",0 40248,"with sincerity and devotion",1 231303,"great for the kids",1 181548,"A cellophane-pop remake",0 48758,"all its moodiness",0 176019,"to camouflage how bad his movie is",0 43631,", it delivers the same message as Jiri Menzel 's Closely Watched Trains and Danis Tanovic 's No Man 's Land .",1 68508,"Romantic comedy and Dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here .",1 218700,"was , I would go back and choose to skip it .",0 25783,"It has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion .",1 93929,"surprisingly charming",1 65405,"Every moment crackles with tension",1 64988,"Deliberately and skillfully uses",1 139254,"was longer than an hour",1 35221,"of ease that comes only with experience .",1 162638,"is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck",0 77501,"crafted picture",1 193647,"as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 73475,"allowing us to find the small , human moments ,",1 236387,"that Stealing Harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure",0 4058,"a quirky cast",1 211945,"so impersonal or",0 173000,"that even its target audience talked all the way through it .",0 196411,"creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters .",1 10657,"special",1 195627,"cheap scam",0 161598,"if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-TV spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind",0 143886,"As a kind of colorful , dramatized PBS program",0 15077,"and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects",1 151665,"a fair amount of intelligence and wit",1 15254,"best work",1 107427,"Less-than-compelling documentary of a Yiddish theater clan",0 224237,"It 's slow -- very , very slow .",0 146740,"It should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit . So I just did .",1 40721,"A thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between :",1 34394,"masterful piece",1 107349,"Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast",1 145259,"Fails to bring as much to the table",0 38951,"this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music .",1 200531,"has chosen to make his English-language debut with a film",0 28457,"and Mick Jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , Performance .",1 191264,"a satisfying complete picture",1 53790,"it comes to the characters and writing ... but works its way underneath the skin like few movies",1 23293,", Columbus capturou o pomo de ouro .",1 210675,"run-of-the-mill action",0 57811,"that is nothing short of mesmerizing",1 13209,"without thrills and a mystery",0 71775,"a guiltless film",1 29755,"brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons",1 205661,"make fun of me for liking Showgirls",0 13478,"'s the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured",1 137966,"to the truly good stuff",1 188987,"This is a picture that Maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of",1 127986,"no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",1 140995,"'ll need a stronger stomach than us",0 81692,"has definite weaknesses",0 102740,", nonsensical and formulaic",0 160547,"hard to be emotional",0 165281,"loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into",0 183175,"Comes across as a fairly weak retooling .",0 218081,"unconcerned about what they ingest",0 107451,"Like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . The film is explosive , but",1 5970,"director m . night shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable",1 190100,"a Puritanical brand of Christianity",1 60038,"well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald",1 219779,"with more holes than Clyde Barrow 's car",0 88387,"of abuse",0 47251,"The socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides ... ( and ) personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy .",1 106880,"It 's got all the familiar Bruckheimer elements , and Schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the Hopkins\/Rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas .",1 236159,"super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid",0 140380,"wonderfully sprawling",1 71519,"a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese",1 238138,"try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .",0 124560,"is somehow making its way instead to theaters . It 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 149963,"The unceasing sadism",0 191390,"a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 209542,"por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible",0 84839,"is your film .",1 182498,"Any Chekhov is better than no Chekhov ,",1 209958,"putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",0 213842,"that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 219023,"well-mounted history lesson",1 212267,"sounds whiny and defensive",0 98893,"ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation",1 218375,"usual worst",0 9899,"pull a cohesive story out",1 47882,"a comically adept ensemble",1 205959,"may shape Hawke 's artistic aspirations",1 127960,"nighttime Manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego",1 46311,"New York 's finest and",1 177193,"unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh and",0 120008,"fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . Not to mention absolutely refreshed .",1 58056,"the best case for Christianity",1 179881,"'s not a very good movie in any objective sense",0 130421,"poorly written , murky and weakly acted",0 294,"a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure",1 182402,"An exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work",0 198036,"essentially ruined -- or , rather ,",0 227635,"`` The best Disney movie since the Lion King ''",1 93586,"strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances",1 115385,"bankruptcy",0 125172,"its agonizing , Catch-22 glory",0 232612,"is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . '",0 210484,"resourceful amnesiac",1 56131,"power and grace",1 28078,"achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth .",1 78314,"distracted rhythms",0 29006,"applaud or look into having him committed",1 222472,"As the movie dragged on",0 120968,"general boorishness",0 150504,"Trite ,",0 235887,"solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy",1 189377,"Upper West Sidey",1 124526,"is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory",0 155961,"can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull . Yes , dull .",0 170951,"should clue you in on how bad the movie is",0 12565,"treats women like idiots",0 208876,"outrageously creative action",1 143752,"An overemphatic ,",0 222729,"But as a movie , it 's a humorless , disjointed mess .",0 162768,"is an unapologetic mess , whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up",0 28745,"and possibly , watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear .",1 204230,"its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises",0 178637,"with potential",1 29200,"as intelligent , exuberant",1 14672,"a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke",0 54783,"moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",1 220976,"'s still quite bad .",0 194627,"beyond-lame satire",0 70299,"This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one .",1 162300,"intellectually and logistically a mess .",0 83802,"is a hoot ,",1 218437,"veers into corny sentimentality , probably",0 113200,"about the human need for monsters to blame for all that",1 97564,"those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us",1 235614,"serious actioner",1 231609,"have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes",0 102469,", cultivation and devotion",1 98297,"to seek our tears , our sympathies",1 185164,"It 's not a particularly good film , but",0 198386,"exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision .",0 203664,"is very slow",0 179173,"you to sleep than a sound machine",0 142104,", but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit",0 15086,"and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier",1 3873,"a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them",1 73961,"an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by",1 163477,"is the same as what Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation .",0 145236,"Expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery .",0 214289,"the charm and little",1 190837,"a little more human being , and a little less product",0 117387,"compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity",1 166194,"more irritating",0 81003,"gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films .",1 67840,"No worse a film than Breaking Out , and Breaking Out was utterly charming .",1 56424,"real winner",1 117281,"coming apart at its seams",0 223853,"I sympathize with the plight of these families , but the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand",0 223843,"I saw it as a young boy",1 57596,"takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart",1 69454,"The difference is that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne",1 191612,"a welcome improvement",1 173655,"the cons",0 28287,"among the most enjoyable",1 99985,"which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway",0 188441,"The movie is silly beyond comprehension",0 204798,"leave a lasting impression",1 11761,"the problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull",0 100152,"wholesome and subversive",1 173947,"the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say",0 210521,"revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .",0 180050,"'s too loud to shout insults at the screen",0 226462,"The result is somewhat satisfying",1 18280,"'s amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the Marks family",1 39724,"us laugh",1 102312,", Paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .",1 219300,"while the third feels limited by its short running time",0 228,"a perfect family film",1 200726,"have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",0 21795,"quite a talented director",1 81889,"have loved it",1 67103,"Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience . But it also has many of the things that made the first one charming",0 118626,"doomed",0 165677,"many repetitive",0 199052,"fleetingly interesting actors '",1 108927,"Showtime 's uninspired send-up of TV cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks",0 21224,"like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",0 92619,"shows what great cinema can really do",1 211188,"self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue",0 116406,"by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas",0 201147,"his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him",0 79559,"fail to crack a smile at",0 235460,"say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here",0 61457,"( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be ,",1 52949,"in its perfect quiet pace",1 179751,"'s fitfully funny",1 64486,"Brings awareness",1 180875,", plain old",0 41249,"The additional storyline is interesting and entertaining , but",1 42209,"is ridiculous ,",0 235349,"requires a delicate , surgical touch .",1 175806,"to Belushi 's easy-going likableness",1 73860,"an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling",1 69628,"The graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn Croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real .",1 238803,"will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized",0 203303,"is only so much baked cardboard I need to chew",0 1343,"intrinsically funny",1 122938,"in all its director 's cut glory ,",1 16588,"more ingeniously constructed",1 102936,", think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 146412,"It 's a film that hinges on its casting , and Glover really does n't fit the part",0 203089,"is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise",0 52036,"gates",1 5315,"brushed with sentimentality",1 13648,", the movie keeps you diverted and best of all ,",1 120152,"fires on all plasma conduits",1 47687,"Writer and director Otar Iosseliani 's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in Venice",1 23269,"( sinks )",0 109242,"Successfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie .",1 213643,"that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly",0 208495,"on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies",1 114379,"any Hollywood fluff",0 181579,"A crass and insulting homage",0 15869,"get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 40640,"A clever blend of fact and fiction",1 188230,"The filmmakers know how to please the eye ,",1 100350,"wisely decided to let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .",1 179546,"'s a masterpiece .",1 175690,"thrills and humor",1 177392,"vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips .",1 48653,"acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and",1 182403,"An exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as Katzenberg 's The Prince of Egypt from 1998 .",0 232160,"into a mostly magnificent directorial career , Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style",1 48270,"a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message",1 178438,"winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it",0 18693,"As Weber and Weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve",1 85629,"keep you wide awake and",1 12370,"to hang his persistently useless movies",0 127858,"neither is it as smart",0 85611,"keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .",1 36585,"rigorously",0 89510,"on three short films and two features",1 165306,"lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness",0 188354,"The milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch .",0 68742,"She may not be real , but the laughs are .",1 71621,"a feel-good movie",1 40339,"work to see it at the first opportunity .",1 29880,"but unremarkable",0 101622,"'s as comprehensible as any Dummies guide , something",0 14319,"My goodness , Queen Latifah has a lot to offer",1 143819,"Another big , dumb action movie in the vein of XXX",0 159346,"for Wilson to play his self-deprecating act against Murphy 's well-honed prima donna",0 38586,"the regime 's talking-head survivors",1 47028,"The fascination comes in the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and in the way the Ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react",1 18000,"we need stories so much",1 27555,"a good , straightforward tale , but Time Out is better . It 's haunting .",1 220964,"'s slow -- very , very slow",0 34120,"like them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity",1 159867,"futile silliness",0 185148,"It 's makes a better travelogue than movie .",0 105270,"Croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of Bibi",1 95109,"the affable Maid in Manhattan , Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt",1 38345,"the inner rhythms of love and jealousy and sacrifice",1 221497,", political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",1 99883,"what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera",1 53138,"intelligent film",1 43592,", he 'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch .",1 191494,"a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",0 180505,", and larded with exposition",0 89634,"one summer film that satisfies",1 188756,"The truth about Charlie is that it 's a brazenly misguided project .",0 48585,"absorbing ,",1 235704,"should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler",0 162324,"interesting dynamic",1 66697,"It ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame Musketeer , this Dumas adaptation entertains .",1 69614,"The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on Büttner --",1 101070,"you 've a taste for the quirky",1 214270,"the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear",1 49116,"appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond",1 7427,"in from an episode of miami vice",0 204723,"late-night cable sexploitation",0 111586,"a bright future ahead of him",1 160119,"gives the quickly named Blossom , Bubbles and Buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays .",0 37915,"that unequivocally qualify as art --",1 68875,"Some may choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic but I think Payne is after something darker",1 133989,"terms with his picture-perfect life",1 193395,"as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence . This Scarlet 's letter is A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 103398,"A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 72667,"a timeless and unique perspective",1 191873,"accuse Kung Pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . Unfortunately",0 210165,"real shame",0 36437,"refreshingly unusual",1 23762,", lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone",1 3573,"a bad",0 27952,"a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anyway .",0 30486,"creative fountainheads",1 56614,"right film",1 42129,"interesting and fun",1 15170,"at accelerated speed and volume",1 174838,"the stupidly named Pipe Dream",0 14209,"Katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 81013,"getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . '",1 149261,"The central story lacks punch .",0 62008,", it 's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .",0 200160,"goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle",0 219535,"will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one .",0 155817,"by those who equate obscurity with profundity",0 20126,"bold",1 171343,"smell the grease on the plot",1 93017,"sobering cautionary tale",1 3865,"a groundbreaking",1 81460,"guns , violence",0 53358,"is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get",1 149179,"The X potion gives the quickly named Blossom , Bubbles and Buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays .",0 150951,"Wilde 's still-contemporary play",1 157079,"cutesy-pie",1 190164,"a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .",0 15458,"compelling in its fatalist worldview",1 211527,"should see this movie",1 63217,"A moving story of determination and the human spirit",1 230750,"feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic",0 185129,"It 's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie . And",0 172696,"than Jar Jar Binks , Scrappy Doo and Scooby Dumb",0 200352,"had the misfortune to watch in quite some time",0 147964,"Other than a mildly engaging central romance , Hospital",0 51503,"family audience",1 102281,", I was entranced .",1 112554,"a psychological mystery",1 61972,", inescapably gorgeous ,",1 230308,"do n't think I laughed out loud once",0 214074,"the Saturday morning cartoons",1 140035,"with Roussillon providing comic relief",1 7903,"it 's too long and unfocused",0 101935,"'s suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh",1 130284,"playing more than one role just to add to the confusion",0 180857,", offensive and redundant",0 154641,"be a cheap knockoff",0 219588,"wind to blow it uphill",0 207246,"nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale",0 122817,"impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure",0 209851,"provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woman",1 218153,"undeterminable",0 36670,"saved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances",1 84875,"it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but it 's worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through",1 206964,"new or interesting",1 82282,"his most personal work yet",1 162902,"is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant",0 195530,"catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera",0 2498,"that assumes you are n't very bright",0 6601,"for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness",1 152628,"a travesty of the genre",0 68058,"Overcomes its visual hideousness",0 217649,"too offensive",0 106415,"I admire",1 169974,"reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial",0 123553,"into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator Todd McFarlane 's superhero dystopia",1 143132,"A great ending does n't make up for a weak movie , and Crazy as Hell does n't even have a great ending .",0 190283,"a children 's party clown",0 194031,"be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality",1 121313,"good music",1 153573,"and it is n't that funny .",0 60106,"when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures , you get a lot of running around , screaming and death . On that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint",1 13208,"without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace .",0 148601,"Simply a re-hash of the other seven films .",0 71288,"a big , comforting jar",1 120904,"gain the unconditional love she seeks",0 152519,"a story worth caring about",1 2922,"to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn",1 27222,"While surprisingly sincere",1 28141,"adultery",0 210316,"rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again",0 90587,"preaching message",0 16238,"is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating Lolita turn .",1 65558,"Flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old Jack Nicholson could be looking at his 12th Oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary .",1 88292,"of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 154803,"be reminded of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies",0 63547,"A very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy .",1 20754,"have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 23706,", it 's an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do .",1 186403,"No one involved , save Dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting ,",0 166965,"not much of anything",0 146129,"I suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy .",0 51984,"full-bodied wit",1 194970,"broke out into elaborate choreography",1 78356,"do n't look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper",0 102268,", I Spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .",1 113189,"about ten",1 204628,"lack depth or complexity ,",0 62323,", they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood",1 230355,"does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense",0 149533,"The low-budget Full Frontal was one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and",0 224532,"Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story .",1 65217,"Dummies conformity",0 74817,"as tired as its protagonist",0 6294,"ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",0 188955,"This Tuxedo ... should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations .",0 181628,"A dopey movie",0 214489,"the empty stud knockabout",0 149335,"The ending does n't work",0 93629,"strong , character-oriented piece",1 164354,"just unthinkable",0 86759,"manages to squeeze by on Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy .",1 234714,"one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency",0 120838,"fun with it all",1 43351,"'s the work of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1 101130,"you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles",1 206331,"more X",1 34671,"mothball-y",0 15654,"enough science to make it count as educational",1 84945,"it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion .",1 165675,"many pointless",0 71674,"a finely written ,",1 69666,"The large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and",1 128905,"of small-town competition",1 121023,"gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements",1 25334,"For the first time in years , De Niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars .",1 2179,"romance",1 86033,"like ` Praise the Lord , He 's the God of Second Chances '",1 121534,"had more fun",1 204779,"leaks out of the movie ,",1 18841,"Dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead .",0 59993,"wears its heart",1 99822,"well-written and",1 21213,"leave the building until everyone is aware of it",0 7297,"i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes .",1 232378,"is almost certainly",1 64327,"Besson has written in years",1 111893,"a few new swings",1 160635,"has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but",1 225519,"Provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies",1 76522,"caught but the audience gets pure escapism",1 191997,"admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked",0 35137,"of a Vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee",1 165332,"loved looking at this movie",1 45791,"It has the ability to offend and put off everyone",0 167123,"obviously made for the '' XXX ''",0 29097,"arguments one way",1 43096,"'d have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama",1 218757,"was made with careful attention to detail",1 94950,"that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities",0 62698,"20th anniversary edition",1 45583,"I liked About Schmidt a lot",1 33233,"is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers",1 157583,"display an original talent",1 190682,"a great director",1 9902,"pull his head out of his butt",0 34897,"new grounds",1 166285,"more worshipful than your random E ! True Hollywood Story",1 139340,"waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading",0 184639,"I could not stand them",0 39426,"transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer",1 196933,"didactic entertainment",0 124529,"is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up ,",0 142382,", originality and delight",1 136675,"their lofty perch , that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 8723,"may make you hate yourself for giving in .",0 44002,"A chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th Century France :",1 137699,"to laugh , groan and hiss",1 126739,"mall movie",0 173777,"the dynamic duo",1 146118,"I spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 168696,"particularly unconnected",0 54393,"love , loyalty",1 193287,"artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong",0 133349,"story . Killing time",0 67912,"Not the best Herzog",0 118915,"effort and",1 50137,"charming and hilarious",1 73772,"an evil , monstrous lunatic",0 43759,", threatening and unforgettable",1 57035,"skillfully through the plot 's hot brine",1 200047,"goes down easy",0 207837,"of kitsch hard going",1 119861,"feel like a short stretched out to feature length",0 120485,"for staying clean",1 229695,"can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something",1 183803,"Everything that was right about Blade",1 238083,"toss it at the screen in frustration",0 152577,"a tasty performance from Vincent Gallo",1 111891,"a few laughs but nothing else",0 158950,"feels incredibly hokey",0 124617,"is that it 's actually watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny .",1 4157,"a strong script , powerful direction and",1 8826,"mixed results",0 106453,"I had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",1 77388,"corniest",0 71404,"a clear-eyed",1 222396,"Another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .",0 373,"allows us to see them , finally , as artists",1 164935,"like an impostor",0 9361,"of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma",0 118571,"does not a movie make",0 177715,"watch a solid tale",1 88099,"observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short",1 15560,"do n't be fooled",0 79041,"enjoyable ease",1 192864,"another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows",0 69263,"The Bourne Identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but director Doug Liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood .",1 223258,"Even if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness",0 10033,"reasons enough to see it",1 241,"a rather sad story of the difficulties",0 226738,"Thoughtless , random , superficial humour",0 173532,"the best actors , directors and",1 71043,"Wonderful fencing scenes",1 227844,"a cop-out",0 132243,"shamelessly enjoyed it",1 106629,"If you 've the patience , there are great rewards here .",1 4863,"as clinical , detached , uninvolving",0 210586,"rises to its clever what-if concept .",1 126752,"manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish .",1 160194,"goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy .",0 78315,"distracting",0 129580,"one of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people",0 4249,"a truly wonderful tale",1 99996,"which means that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",1 25147,"Do n't",0 6841,"good-hearted",1 222763,"But it 's hardly a necessary enterprise .",0 178875,"would be very sweet indeed",1 185036,"It 's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch .",0 222223,"Alas , another breathless movie about same",0 188578,"The problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip",0 138648,"unengaging",0 173516,"the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film",0 24269,"A blessed gift to film",1 26825,"The film runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience .",1 114576,"are far more alienating than involving",0 231103,"gay film .",0 205946,"may look cool",1 56805,"seems thirsty for reflection ,",0 23713,", it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat",1 67063,"Kosminsky ... puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting .",1 204740,"laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between",0 203027,"is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype",0 60925,"'s also pretty funny",1 211267,"served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service",0 153439,"an intelligent film about young women",1 228625,"an uppity musical beat that you can dance to",1 92376,"sex , duty and love",1 150387,"To enjoy this movie 's sharp dialogue and delightful performance by Jolie and Burns",1 143717,"An average B-movie with no aspirations",0 41747,"created a masterful piece of artistry",1 224908,"Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics",0 66939,"Jolting",1 189571,"What begins brightly",1 70650,"Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury",0 208944,"overripe episode",0 126123,"like one of ( Spears ' ) music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it .",0 23696,", inventive and refreshingly unusual",1 238464,"wasted .",0 22044,"spy-movie charm",1 188523,"The pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs",0 86298,"looks as if it belongs on the big screen",1 149357,"The experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one : the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not",0 180729,", it can seem tiresomely simpleminded .",0 172409,"swamped by heavy-handed melodrama",0 197295,"does n't do a load of good",0 72062,"a needlessly downbeat",0 216548,"those gimmicks",0 210952,"scruffy , dopey old Hanna-Barbera charm",1 170176,"rolling over in their graves",0 59472,"touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by Rachel Griffiths",1 159866,"fustily tasteful",1 227795,"a brief era of insanity",0 29561,"best moments",1 87472,"most savory and hilarious",1 158763,"fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man .",0 33790,"its intended under-12 audience is concerned",0 214282,"the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings .",0 154569,"bad taste",0 162869,"is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame",0 70251,"This is not Chabrol 's best , but",0 46414,"One Hour Photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin .",0 37531,"suspense story deals",1 89625,"one of the year 's best",1 200316,"hackneyed and meanspirited storyline",0 210263,"recycled plot",0 92873,"smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play .",1 232901,"it 'll probably be in video stores by Christmas",0 8533,"living far too much",0 37668,"terrible beauty",1 232385,"is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri",0 194560,"better entertainment",1 70283,"This movie has the usual impossible stunts ... But it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",1 132785,"so sloppy",0 125178,"its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way --",1 57084,"smeary digital video",0 166354,"most vibrant",1 69575,"The film is stark , straightforward and deadly ... an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . '",1 230643,"everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .",1 54857,"morose and humorless",0 175403,"this future world feels absolutely deja vu",0 128190,"now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .",0 178862,"would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi",0 127895,"never quite delivers the original magic",0 33380,"is full of memorable performances from top to bottom .",1 38890,"they do n't make 'em like that anymore",1 153512,"an unnecessary and clumsy last scene",0 106570,"If I have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story ( like , say , Treasure Planet ) or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters",1 222935,"Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists",0 142241,", intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",0 234735,"one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while",1 238682,"whirlwind",1 187603,"Strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , The Four Feathers comes up short",0 224576,"Lazy , miserable and smug",0 207966,"of scorn",0 59845,"very creatively constructed from figure to backstory",1 164865,"like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear",0 75226,"be as subtle and touching as The Son 's Room",1 238759,"will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them .",0 188292,"The jokes are telegraphed so far in advance",0 159831,"funnier and",1 25448,"Grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor .",1 87544,"movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly",1 96541,"the real turns magical",1 162640,"is a movie children should enjoy",1 144320,"By the end , I was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious .",0 85069,"it is more than merely a Holocaust movie",1 107790,"Miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about Spirited Away is that there is no rest period , no timeout .",1 200748,"have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .",1 211231,"sent back to the tailor for some major alterations",0 222634,"Bland",0 69195,"Thanks to The Château 's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises .",1 181608,"A determined , ennui-hobbled slog that really does n't have much to say beyond the news",0 197211,"do n't like it",0 223461,"Gangster No. 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults .",1 169265,"pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development",0 36011,"picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 184010,"Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger",1 107513,"Longley 's film",1 16403,"its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at .",1 72496,"a spontaneity",1 116269,"brutally labored and unfunny hokum",0 20970,"intriguing window",1 212169,"some unnecessary parts",0 66206,"I suspect it might deliver again and again",1 39671,"unsatisfying",0 87418,"most entertaining",1 43734,", then you 're at the right film .",1 12899,"we just do n't really care too much about this love story . in that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 139436,"wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 161636,"ill-conceived and expensive",0 85322,"its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work",0 185893,"Low comedy does n't come much lower .",0 131087,"realized on the screen",1 70512,"Twenty years later , E . T . is still a cinematic touchstone .",1 235785,"sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it",0 173820,"the envelope of bad taste",0 30750,"destined to become a landmark in Japanese animation .",1 22204,"that touches nerves and rings true",1 14806,"a punishment",0 167491,"of hackneyed dialogue",0 27271,"Works because , for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .",1 1565,"laddish and juvenile ,",0 41575,"are as intelligent ,",1 163219,"is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style",0 106594,"If only Merchant paid more attention the story .",0 117025,"classic story",1 77741,"dawns , real dawns , comic relief",1 164959,"like it was produced in 1954",0 82592,"ideas and special-interest groups",1 161574,"if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s",1 12980,"wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 29715,"bowel-curdling",0 148612,"Sir Anthony Hopkins",1 125263,"its heart ,",1 162683,"is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material .",0 208873,"outnumber the hits by three-to-one .",0 26180,"New Zealand film",1 151833,"a great disservice",0 100838,"works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .",1 120230,"flatter",1 164690,"leaves a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script .",0 205992,"meandering , low on energy , and too eager",0 148560,"Shot like a postcard and",0 220609,"'m just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0 187913,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy ,",0 26972,"This concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind , is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned .",1 72435,"a smart , nuanced look at de Sade and",1 95639,"the film belongs to the marvelous Verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public",1 43676,", peculiar and always entertaining costume drama",1 11878,"the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children",0 189930,"You come away thinking not only that Kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another .",0 5587,"clever and unflinching in its comic barbs ,",1 139923,"will lead when given the opportunity",1 3629,"a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe",0 218200,"unifying rhythm",1 107051,"It pulls the rug out from under you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character",1 111685,"a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece",1 203355,"is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags",1 200978,"hear George Orwell turning over",0 16936,"perhaps more disturbing than originally intended --",0 155121,"benign but forgettable",0 185722,"Lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery",0 59308,"to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ) than Pink Floyd tickets",1 38979,"this run-of-the-mill vehicle",0 118116,"designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus",0 190375,"a corny examination",0 236240,"takes place in Pasadena , `` a city where people still read",1 149486,"The intent is almost exactly the same ( as The Full Monty ) . All that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight .",0 75395,"because it is Japanese and yet feels universal",1 14022,"Extreme Ops '' exceeds expectations . Good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace",1 220594,"'ll love this movie .",1 200541,"has fallen",0 65058,"Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions",1 114771,"artsy , and",1 142211,", his directorial touch is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy .",0 38607,"the same human and spiritual needs",1 69107,"Tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme does n't drag an audience down",1 235244,"recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around",0 182899,"Bray is completely at sea : with nothing but a Savage Garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie",0 34517,"misperception",0 170566,"seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",1 213593,"that criticizing feels more like commiserating",0 114969,"as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice",0 202469,"involving the various Silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 156432,"clutchy , indulgent and pretentious",0 74560,"as Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form",1 198996,"fits the bill perfectly",1 207272,"notice the flaws",0 59713,"unique and entertaining twist",1 165269,"loser",0 107156,"Janice 's behavior",0 124630,"is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 149051,"Thank you",1 211757,"slapdash disaster . A DOA dud from frame one",0 111957,"a fresh infusion of creativity",1 40586,"'s so honest and keenly observed",1 112335,"a moratorium , effective immediately ,",0 44026,"A crisp psychological drama ( and ) a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old '' Twilight Zone '' episode .",1 20235,"certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project",1 187419,"Some are fascinating",1 106551,"Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor",1 135171,"the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work",0 5405,"callow",0 102595,", intelligent , and humanly funny film .",1 22960,"'' Moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations",1 224747,"Maybe LeBlanc thought , `` Hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''",0 11061,"that extra little something",1 80466,"form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life",1 227248,"Yes , soar .",1 192333,"also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1 142097,", better look elsewhere .",0 175668,"three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families",0 11724,"the phenomenal ,",1 81433,"grumble",0 146482,"It 's dumb , but more importantly , it 's just not scary",0 150109,"There is no entry portal in The Rules of Attraction ,",0 46204,"Moonlight Mile gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things .",1 87147,"minor classic",1 14841,"a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border",1 209296,"pitifully",0 133203,"stance is admirable ,",1 63136,"A little better than Sorcerer 's Stone",1 61583,", Barbershop is tuned in to its community .",1 227261,"You 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .",0 32762,"illuminates it fully",1 208700,"only one problem",0 147479,"Moonlight Mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving",1 236109,"succeed at cheapening it",0 162105,"inanely for two hours",0 43299,"'s one heck of a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies but of the unique relationship between them",1 226689,"This new Time Machine is hardly perfect ...",0 79016,"engrossing piece . Lux , now in her eighties",1 52412,"has n't had so much fun in two decades , since he was schlepping Indiana Jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray",1 84657,"is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two .",1 144843,"Die Another Day suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over ,",0 214562,"the film 's biggest problem",0 167929,"off the idea",0 95851,"the grossest movie",0 158954,"feels like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong .",0 53697,"is warmly affecting and",1 31503,"fascinating documentary",1 183930,"Final verdict",1 177949,"what 's with all the shooting",0 149402,"The film flat lines when it should peak and is more missed opportunity and trifle than dark , decadent truffle .",0 103809,"A pretty funny movie , with most of the humor coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of Crystal and De Niro",1 152003,"a lot of metaphoric flags",0 39079,"time for their first public recital",1 1454,"it 's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny .",0 226335,"The most horrific movie experience I 've had since `` Ca n't Stop The Music . ''",0 175263,"things heat up only in the movie 's final scenes",0 7970,"it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations",1 65635,"Freeman and Judd make it work",1 151121,"You can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and",0 233004,"it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace",0 69299,"The Hours , a delicately crafted film ,",1 45154,"Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never",1 14888,"above the level of other coming-of-age films",1 76493,"casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and spits it back ,",1 138489,"typical Pax",0 32921,"in the",1 28334,"an emotional wallop",1 130227,"piffle",0 215921,"the worst excesses",0 129690,"opposed to the extent of their outrageousness",1 45808,"It is also beautifully acted .",1 181444,"75 wasted minutes of Sandler as the voice-over hero in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie",0 199947,"given it a one-star rating",0 168442,"out of character and logically porous action set",0 153197,"along looking for astute observations and coming up blank",0 79118,"entertaining two hours .",1 163682,"it 's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 7775,"is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 102220,", Ash Wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .",1 32670,"how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version",1 57056,"slightly less successful",0 123389,"initiation rite",1 106762,"Intriguing and downright intoxicating",1 136877,"this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and",0 224302,"It gets old quickly .",0 155786,"by the booming bass-heavy soundtrack",1 221822,"... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .",1 174638,"the resolutions",0 81356,"great cast",1 199216,"for but a few seconds",0 173245,"that they drain all the film of its energy",0 108777,"Sayles ... once again strands his superb performers in the same old story .",0 221472,", no , we get another scene , and then another .",0 3687,"a compelling piece",1 175141,"then , out of embarrassment or stupidity",0 232412,"is barely an hour long .",0 63379,"A sly female empowerment movie",1 175956,"to be on afternoon TV",0 212591,"stock persona",0 36393,"receive",1 47469,"Travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment",1 144429,"Chen Kaige 's assistant for years in China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",0 236212,"sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama",1 110496,"This is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .",0 42579,"saved from unbearable lightness",0 134201,"that I ca n't wait to see what the director does next",1 53771,"it 's too long and too convoluted",0 14679,"a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication",1 31158,"entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude",1 26747,"The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller",1 200224,"great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers",0 232798,"is the best little `` horror '' movie I 've seen in years .",1 71427,"a comedy , both gentle and biting",1 49758,"blemishes",0 136334,"the story and the actors are served with a hack script .",0 94185,"taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history",1 1081,"go to a picture-perfect beach",1 4734,"another self-consciously overwritten story",0 99569,"war movies",0 36500,"repeated in films over and over again",0 210359,"remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",0 102244,", Evelyn comes from the heart .",1 33543,"is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion .",1 120091,"finally have the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and The Killer which they have been patiently waiting for .",1 198697,"feeling guilty for it ... Then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop .",1 124043,"is filled with strange and wonderful creatures",1 198671,"feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ...",0 103903,"A soul-stirring documentary",1 227396,"` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad",0 22939,"' ... both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",1 202486,"irritatingly transparent",0 24413,"A potent allegorical",1 197056,"disaster . A DOA dud from frame one",0 154348,"at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 30010,"can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 149771,"The problem with this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot .",0 139097,"vital comic ingredient",1 40172,"with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention",1 118135,"despair and",0 64139,"At its best , which occurs often",1 38610,"the screen sizzling",1 64579,"By turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy",1 61823,", character-oriented piece",1 121029,"genuinely inspirational",1 22491,"to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",1 201853,"in denial about",0 207833,"of joy and energy",1 110754,"Tries to work in the same vein as the brilliance of Animal House but instead comes closer to the failure of the third Revenge of the Nerds sequel .",0 18549,"... thankfully manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to Willis 's world-weary colonel .",1 52810,"if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage , then Esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth .",1 109009,"Smith finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise .",1 109038,"Solaris '' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .",0 32534,"his cast with appealing fresh faces",1 97983,"to check this one out",1 23689,", incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 48291,"a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit",1 103113,"-- she 's pretty and she can act --",1 212860,"suck up",0 9427,"offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness",0 59088,"three excellent principal singers , a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations",1 30424,"could be the most navel-gazing film ever .",1 185551,"Just is n't as weird as it ought to be .",0 48449,"a trashy little",0 187818,"The Kid Stays in the Picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but",1 184679,"I like all four of the lead actors a lot",1 141191,"'s all pretty cynical and condescending , too .",0 198653,"feel like a chump",0 84734,"is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers . '",1 235635,"several fine performances",1 18989,"It 's a slow slog to get there .",0 29415,"be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing",0 162186,"inflated nonsense",0 1862,"nothing",0 10339,"seemingly irreconcilable",0 179686,"'s crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins",0 162573,"is a clear case of preaching to the converted",0 1847,"not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",1 13372,"you never",0 148328,"Roger Michell , who did an appealing job directing Persuasion and Notting Hill in England , gets too artsy in his American debut .",1 67428,"Marshall keeps the energy humming ,",1 142961,": not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend",0 83619,"intriguing characters",1 2669,"the movie addresses a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies , but it does n't go too much further .",1 36190,"profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be",1 107436,"Like Brosnan 's performance , Evelyn comes from the heart .",1 149545,"The makers of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie .",0 86385,"loved it",1 27895,"a terrific performance",1 3750,"a fascinating character",1 66135,"I am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold ! The Movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance",1 214495,"the end result does no justice to the story itself .",0 90371,"plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before",1 128560,"of bland hotels , highways , parking lots",0 93128,"some soul",1 184007,"Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining",1 188110,"The ethos of the Chelsea Hotel may shape Hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own DV poetry with the Beat he hears in his soul .",0 199753,"gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list",0 22738,"well , that even a simple '' Goddammit ! '' near the end",0 235323,"reminding yourself that it 's a `` true story ''",0 176063,"to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff",0 169658,"rather indulgent",0 132795,"so stunning",1 94152,"takes great pleasure",1 160716,"has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",0 40866,"Do n't plan on the perfect ending ,",0 196233,"convoluted plot",0 84189,"is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later .",1 195496,"case while",1 205960,"may well be the only one laughing at his own joke",0 102320,", Sand and Musset are worth particular attention",1 50535,"cranky",0 179716,"'s dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast .",0 207269,"nothing to show",0 207677,"of creative storytelling",1 138753,"unpretentious , charming , quirky , original",1 136060,"the previous movies",1 5028,"be based on a true and historically significant story",1 221430,", it is n't much fun .",0 16379,"its heart is in the right place ... innocent and well-meaning",1 134517,"that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but",1 177438,"very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture",0 130426,"pop up in nearly every corner of the country",1 231326,"gushing",1 88858,"of riveting set pieces",1 76663,"chill",0 120132,"finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of Roger Swanson .",1 114124,"an old Warner Bros . costumer jived with sex",0 57517,"sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act",0 113638,"all the dramatic weight",0 80991,"gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic",0 27456,"a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon at their raunchy best",1 11386,"the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously",0 84160,"is enormously good fun",1 1868,"obvious",0 7715,"is finally just one long drag",0 159266,"flowed out of Cho 's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line",1 112805,"a strong and unforced supporting cast",1 222815,"But the second half of the movie really goes downhill .",0 223816,"I have returned from the beyond to warn you :",0 36294,"quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters",1 181847,"A movie that 's held captive by mediocrity . Not bad , but not all that good . Bacon keeps things interesting , but do n't go out of your way to pay full price .",0 203751,"it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 224032,"In that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .",0 85002,"it did n't entirely grab me",0 51592,"feels empty and unsatisfying ,",0 11401,"the film is powerful , accessible and funny . you wo n't miss its messages , but",1 194453,"behave like kids",0 19702,"all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite",1 52193,"good charitable enterprise",1 120864,"funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",1 125039,"it is worth searching out .",1 49164,"are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory",1 102784,", pretentious",0 57767,"that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son",1 59980,"we have n't seen on the big screen before ,",1 167530,"of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 136195,"the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation . There 's already been too many of these films ...",0 63052,"A fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '",1 79057,"enjoyment",1 116543,"came back with the astonishing revelation that '' they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''",1 21639,"one thing you could n't say is that Alias Betty is predictable .",1 169270,"pretty toxic in its own right",0 558,"be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs",0 187647,"Sweet gentle Jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?",0 4192,"a tasty slice of droll whimsy .",1 91455,"remarkably accessible and haunting",1 94635,"that embraces its old-fashioned themes",1 235901,"some intriguing characters",1 183819,"Exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera ... more salacious telenovela than serious drama .",0 7310,"if nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror",1 102337,", The Emperor 's Club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach .",0 228324,"absolutely and completely ridiculous and",0 92802,"slice of comedic bliss",1 124101,"is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor .",1 60371,"with phony imagery or music",0 147719,"No movement , no yuks , not much of anything",0 163180,"is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class .",0 224835,"Most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments : `` Frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home .",1 71940,"a lump of Play-Doh",1 23415,", and just outright enjoyable",1 166761,"no atmosphere ,",0 226746,"Thumbs down .",0 166109,"monster\/science fiction flicks",1 216272,"things like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly",0 181049,", they 're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination .",0 196473,"crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and",0 178469,"with Guardian hack Nick Davies",0 69651,"The ingenious construction ( adapted by David Hare from Michael Cunningham 's novel )",1 145394,"Flounders",0 20866,"implied in Metropolis that is just breathtaking",1 10948,"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",1 56298,"purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it 's a fairly straightforward remake of Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride .",1 92926,"so compellingly",1 50233,"college",1 80582,"from Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buñuel 's casings",1 148630,"Skip this dreck",0 167886,"of ugly",0 88549,"of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers",1 68881,"Some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and Heaven is one such beast .",1 194184,"be post-feminist breezy",1 47167,"The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as",1 49535,"be profane",0 152509,"a sticky-sweet soap",0 209029,"paint-by-numbers picture",0 61913,", full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick ,",1 5045,"be patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience",1 164751,"less like a coming-of-age romance than an infomercial",0 85646,"keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .",1 137750,"to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget",0 118992,"emotional connections",1 58051,"the best European directors",1 189394,"Very stupid and annoying",0 180892,", really stupid",0 88472,"of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",1 184543,"Humor in I Spy is so anemic .",0 59865,"via Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 94515,"that Brown played in American culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability",1 97642,"thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait",1 115332,"bad direction and bad acting",0 73695,"an athlete , a movie star",1 102178,"( maybe twice )",1 70340,"Those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to Ichi .",1 83744,"is a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex",1 86109,"likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes",1 141965,", Dogtown and Z-Boys lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about .",0 34939,"non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",0 121772,"has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn",1 125395,"its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life",1 28698,"and made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it",1 13198,"without beauty or humor",0 171349,"smelly enough",0 138601,"undercut by the voice of the star of Road Trip",0 8938,"murder and mayhem",0 87317,"more revealing , more emotional and",1 226970,"Watching it is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives .",0 72363,"a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing .",1 158944,"feels flimsy and ephemeral",0 171784,"spends too much time wallowing in Bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ) .",0 13575,", even though it rips off many of its ideas",0 24255,": you can hate yourself later .",0 7946,"it is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 174099,"the impact of the Disney classic ,",1 234922,"permeates all its aspects -- from the TV movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes ever filmed",0 160341,"great subject",1 62201,", self-assured",1 93292,"spectacularly",1 61604,", E . T . is still a cinematic touchstone .",1 22825,"with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 39088,"times , the startling optimism , of the children",1 232174,"into some Univac-like script machine",0 29616,"bittersweet and lyrical",1 152627,"a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version of Tank Girl",0 141910,") begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors",0 223838,"I may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you",0 7304,"if high crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title",0 126002,"lighting effects and",1 221258,", and genius",1 227265,"You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied .",0 98749,"try to surprise us with plot twists",1 147043,"Kung Pow is n't funny some of the time",0 197566,"drug-induced bowel",0 222331,"An uninspired preachy and clichéd war film .",0 15984,"have so much charisma that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book .",1 49465,"balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",1 91973,"scenery , vibe and all --",1 81916,"have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film",1 29033,"are charmers",1 7321,"if signs is a good film , and it is , the essence of a great one is in there somewhere",1 213638,"that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name",0 70570,"Unforgiven",0 25380,"Funeral '' fun",1 28439,"and Egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion .",1 136193,"the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation .",0 45814,"It is definitely worth seeing .",1 208656,"one visual marvel",1 113388,"address his own World War II experience in his signature style",1 121891,"hates its characters",0 209665,"premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and",0 232733,"is silly .",0 53780,"it all the more compelling",1 232483,"is hardly perfect",0 107538,"Love Liza",1 102263,", I 'd say the film works",1 19885,"and still love the old stuff",1 52252,"great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again",1 233812,"means check it out .",1 196082,"compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people",0 92124,"seeing things from new sides ,",1 52820,"illuminating documentary",1 32018,"genuinely",1 75043,"audacity to view one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy",0 204323,"its social and political potential",1 190903,"a major movie",1 9422,"offers a ray of hope",1 220747,"'s already a joke in the United States .",0 193106,"are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy",0 47198,"The performances are amiable and committed",1 222309,"An intoxicating experience .",1 116877,"charming and evoking little ditty",1 163416,"is that The Truth About Charlie gets increasingly tiresome",0 54076,"keeps the intensity of the film high",1 168636,"pale Xerox of other , better crime movies",0 212982,"surprisingly juvenile",0 38865,"there 's some mold on the gold",0 31941,"full of memorable performances from top to bottom",1 215161,"the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story",0 228799,"are having so much fun",1 185362,"It takes you somewhere",1 224258,"It 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one .",0 141567,"'s seldom boring",1 217413,"to the Gallic ` tradition of quality",1 185855,"Long Is This Movie",0 150374,"Three Seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality",0 151941,"a laugh between them",1 166800,"no good jokes , no good scenes ,",0 128996,"of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions",0 171159,"sit through it all",1 15269,"blast",1 129267,"offer much more than the series",1 228379,"admit that I am baffled by Jason X.",0 74857,"asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 109336,"Talk To Her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be ,",0 94148,"takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel",1 1094,"good , straightforward",1 220906,"'s no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year",1 182752,"Been there done that .",0 4156,"a strong script , powerful direction",1 22803,"will impress even those viewers who have little patience for Euro-film pretension .",1 27662,"a master 's steady stroke",1 51285,"entirely successful",1 83597,"into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department",0 169979,"render it anything but laughable",0 21261,"made creepy by its '' men in a sardine can '' warped logic",0 233773,"may fall fast asleep .",0 135734,"the more daring and surprising American movies of the year",1 75021,"atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation",0 106534,"I wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish",0 80925,"genuinely enthusiastic performances",1 168540,"overly sillified plot",0 118345,"disintegrating over the course of the movie",0 38445,"the most powerful thing",1 109556,"The animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst",1 66033,"Hollywood-predictable",0 1443,"it 's not very interesting",0 30038,"carefully balanced",1 85913,"less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades",1 204005,"it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide",0 91490,"reminds you that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but .",1 11104,"that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '",0 92558,"should be expected from any movie with a '' 2 '' at the end of its title .",0 196459,"cross between Highlander and Lolita",1 145590,"Glib , satirical documentary that fudges facts ,",0 126945,"mean-spirited film",0 91883,"salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel )",1 184360,"He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery",0 146736,"It settles for being merely grim .",0 45511,"Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride",1 176826,"treating her as little more than a prop",0 107842,"Mr . Goyer 's loose , unaccountable direction is technically sophisticated in the worst way .",0 83087,"in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did",1 185527,"Juliette Binoche 's Sand is vivacious , but",1 89900,"over the past year , which means that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",1 141190,"'s all pretty cynical and condescending , too",0 110258,"The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained , but",1 208948,"overstimulated",0 220547,"'' worth",1 138699,"unimaginable horror",0 2495,"that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",1 90914,"pure craft and passionate heart",1 94629,"that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres",1 72208,"a rather shapeless good time",1 222199,"After all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .",0 114437,"any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect",1 176412,"to soppy",0 65682,"From its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , Martin is a masterfully conducted work .",1 202898,"is even worse",0 12602,"tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor",1 118553,"does n't quite know how to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character",0 137171,"thoughtful , visually graceful",1 223651,"Highly irritating at first",0 234634,"offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .",1 89552,"one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from American cinema",1 168812,"perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second .",0 121142,"give it a boost",1 151459,"a champion",1 104134,"All of the elements are in place for a great film noir ,",1 230736,"fast , funny , and even touching",1 5675,"compelling as it is exotic , fast runner",1 137032,"this region and its inhabitants",1 43208,"'s as hard to classify as it is hard to resist",1 164470,"know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too",0 93850,"sulky teen drama",0 179746,"'s far too tragic",0 139250,"was just an ordinary big-screen star",0 186953,"Ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than Wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous",0 79233,"even a little dated",0 170378,"saves lives on the freeway",1 173179,"that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 231501,"has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 764,"dazzles the eye",1 190764,"a homage",1 69891,"The script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors .",1 44222,"A rich tale",1 70328,"This story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone",1 79580,"faith in the future",1 178882,"would have been better off dead .",0 174004,"the frustrated maniac",0 230354,"does n't have anything really interesting to say .",0 117746,"crude to serve the work especially well",1 216312,"thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited",0 9809,"predecessors",1 26859,"The movie 's quiet affirmation of neighborhood values gives it an honest , lived-in glow .",1 64240,"Barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .",1 112712,"a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent",1 237946,"to see when you do n't want to use your brain",0 208585,"one feels cheated",0 28090,"acted crowd-pleaser that is n't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears .",1 184402,"Hey everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ? I did n't think so .",0 189083,"This slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time .",0 77920,"delightful surprise",1 76568,"chance to shine",1 171526,"soft and stinky",0 132245,"shapeless inconsequential move",0 94238,"tear your eyes",1 7207,"hollow",0 198562,"far too tragic",0 152856,"accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach",0 39496,"turns his distinctive ` blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case",1 36749,"seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again",0 157766,"does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks",0 206064,"merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King ,",0 11762,"the problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull .",0 14530,"This delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director .",1 221737,"-- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 160704,"has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one",0 30694,"delivers its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion .",1 162612,"is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a Halloween that died",0 216105,"there 's no real sense of suspense ,",0 115387,"banter-filled comedy",1 16839,"one glued to the screen",1 220662,"'s The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene",0 228114,"a regurgitation of cinematic violence",0 90214,"period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans",1 237301,"the unfulfilling , incongruous ,",0 127827,"need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No . 9",1 123579,"into something more recyclable than significant",0 202258,"insanely violent",0 182569,"Arthur Schnitzler 's Reigen",1 1968,"only those most addicted to film",0 90565,"powerful and telling",1 130585,"pretends to be passionate and truthful but",0 71705,"a fully engaged supporting cast",1 29462,"because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 166807,"no heartstring untugged and",1 177281,"unusually vivid set",1 126757,"manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust",1 180962,", the drama feels rigged and sluggish .",0 220229,"you 're convinced that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic .",0 158168,"embarrassment or",0 84183,"is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .",1 149241,"The best you can say about it is it 's so uninspired",0 189971,"` Hey Arnold ! ' has some visual wit ... but little imagination elsewhere .",0 92855,"sly humor",1 214861,"the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated",0 220657,"'s Pauly Shore awful",0 112423,"a nightmare about bad cinema",0 61570,") utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code",1 40823,"Complex , affecting",1 124743,"is unashamedly pro-Serbian",0 148781,"Spain 's greatest star wattage",1 37923,"that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats",1 55781,"one of the best ensemble casts of the year",1 130051,"patient and tenacious",1 201983,"in that are generally not heard on television",1 148648,"Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks",0 24929,"CGI animation",1 27857,"a step in the right direction",1 190848,"a little wit",1 49492,"be Jaglomized is the Cannes Film Festival , the annual Riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money",0 141111,"'s a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible",1 74149,"any country",0 91691,"right conditions",1 192910,"any naked teenagers horror flick",0 23088,"'s an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",1 227411,"`` Abandon ''",0 125549,"keen eye , sweet spirit",1 235319,"remember , in order to avoid them in the future",0 19505,"a good Bond movie",1 235155,"quirky , odd movies and\/or the ironic",1 49352,"ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .",1 225883,"Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really ,",0 12159,"this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny .",1 81543,"handsomely",1 231413,"has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .",0 100958,"woven together skilfully",1 84094,"is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough",1 80301,"for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure",1 18764,"By presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world , Pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so .",1 47147,"The mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs .",1 187855,"The Santa Clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids",0 154311,"aspires to comedic grand larceny but",0 172744,"than corruscating commentary",1 205765,"making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ...",1 159352,"for a documentary -- just not this one",1 5126,"better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh . an excellent sequel",1 33569,"it 's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions .",1 218229,"unlikable characters",0 230609,"even though I could not stand them",0 221781,"... a pretentious mess ...",0 105297,"Dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick",0 210060,"rampant adultery",0 56014,"pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message",1 165371,"lukewarm .",0 95879,"the highest power of all is the power of love",1 175955,"to be not much more than a shaggy human tale",0 79372,"evocative shades",1 132,"a clash",0 150507,"Trite , banal , cliched , mostly inoffensive .",0 214524,"the excitement is missing",0 153292,"an actual feature movie",1 106554,"Ice Age wo n't drop your jaw ,",0 140624,"wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation",1 110702,"Too bad Maggio could n't come up with a better script .",0 178158,"which provided an engrossing dramatic through line",1 46648,"Rock solid family fun out of the gates ,",1 85292,"its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale",1 113336,"action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 87746,"neat trick",1 198591,"fascinating curiosity piece",1 179214,"your film becomes boring , and",0 174692,"the same problem that Next Friday did",0 156877,"could have been made 40 years ago",0 38162,"the entrancing music",1 76171,"by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",1 193227,"are totally estranged from reality .",0 236845,"the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 63683,"Ali 's graduation from little screen to big",1 151404,"a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 203482,"is such that the movie does not do them justice",0 41369,"Watching Haneke 's film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment . But watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting",1 148838,"Stars Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash",1 202230,"infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style .",0 149577,"The movie feels like it 's going to be great ,",1 134904,"the best actors",1 159838,"funny ! B . )",1 216379,"this film 's impressive performances and adept direction",1 5984,"disease",0 67005,"Khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum .",1 139069,"virtual roller-coaster ride",1 48445,"a tragic dimension and",0 32253,"handsome shoulders",1 95915,"the image that really tells the tale",1 120867,"funny and sad",1 166622,"need to use more poetic license",0 213006,"suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it . If you go , pack your knitting needles",0 172180,"style over character and substance",0 25231,"Entertainment",1 231444,"has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .",1 186740,"Ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film",0 86565,"make it as much fun",1 207161,"nonsensical and laughable plotting",0 148675,"So much facile technique , such cute ideas , so little movie .",1 170253,"runs away from its own provocative theme",0 120690,"from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written",1 164436,"kills the suspense",0 46727,"Sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative .",1 148917,"Suffocated at conception by its Munchausen-by-proxy mum .",0 124996,"it is a failure",0 176456,"to term an '' ambitious failure",0 65806,"Gondry 's direction is adequate",1 65728,"Garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man",1 197304,"does n't even try for the greatness that Happy Together shoots for ( and misses )",0 219427,"whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone",0 216971,"to do a little fleeing of its own",0 156692,"confront it",1 33052,"infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth",1 57166,"some interesting real people",1 197834,"encouraging effort",1 139870,"will appeal to Discovery Channel fans and will surely widen the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses .",1 44666,"Beautifully shot",1 80031,"first-class , thoroughly involving",1 86273,"look easy , even though the reality is anything but",1 197372,"does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself",0 172930,"that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent",1 25976,"Like It",1 90482,"ponder the whole notion of passion",1 57772,"that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16",1 158678,"explore religion that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler .",0 164452,"kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good",1 71740,"a good match of the sensibilities of two directors",1 177295,"unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally )",0 50614,"damned funny",1 208695,"only obscure the message",0 81578,"hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop",1 5020,"be a flawed film",0 167120,"obviously does n't have his heart in it",0 127078,"might look like Vulgar .",0 1046,"fun",1 42977,"weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character ,",1 230037,"creates images even more haunting than those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 146488,"It 's getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us .",0 233611,"maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story .",1 83689,"is , as comedy goes ,",1 26935,"Their computer-animated faces are very expressive",1 163747,"it contains Jesse Ventura 's best work since the XFL .",1 125890,"leers ,",0 115376,"bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness",0 170066,"responsible for some excellent work",1 107704,"Medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt . That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 458,"artificial",0 204273,"its own preciousness",1 107549,"Lovingly photographed in the manner of a Golden Book sprung to life , Stuart Little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .",1 193026,"are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores",0 219546,"will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but",0 72834,"a wise and powerful tale",1 1626,"loaded with good intentions",1 34235,"love this documentary",1 124027,"is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer",0 99277,"utterly static",0 225928,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but",1 158827,"fancied himself the bastard child of the Beatnik generation",0 90560,"powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama",1 54094,"kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 1392,"is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes",1 131017,"rather brilliant little cult item",1 29817,"but intriguing",1 179403,"'m just about ready to go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0 3334,"'s lazy for a movie",0 64833,"Could have been crisper and punchier ,",0 233119,"its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 118114,"deserves to be seen everywhere",1 149186,"The acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit ,",0 72288,"a rich stew",1 42302,"looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois ,",1 98429,"to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams",1 29735,"breathtakingly designed",1 56355,"quite beautiful",1 195709,"cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and",1 102359,", a formula comedy redeemed by its stars ,",1 110142,"The script 's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis , but",1 146248,"If you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ride .",0 186762,"Presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency",0 188590,"The problems of the people in Love in the Time of Money are hardly specific to their era . They just have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way .",0 132153,"servicable World War II drama",1 72536,"a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own",1 176667,"too much stage business",0 105408,"Devotees of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu ,",0 213143,"takes its central idea way too seriously",0 86822,"mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors",0 60712,"'ll laugh",1 157416,"did not figure out a coherent game",0 237900,"to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot",0 200988,"heartfelt story",1 238789,"will leave you wanting to abandon the theater",0 96415,"the playful paranoia of the film 's past",1 24084,"-- wisdom that comes with experience .",1 67473,"Matters play out realistically if not always fairly",1 192790,"and vulgar innuendo",0 23297,", El Bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance .",1 177192,"unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh",0 166986,"not smelly enough to bother despising",0 216396,"this in the right frame of mind",1 18656,"An enchanting spectacular for Potter fans",1 154712,"be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance",0 121481,"guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face",1 192604,"an interesting character , but '' Serving Sara ''",1 212640,"strangely impersonal and abstract",0 203383,"is schematic and obvious .",0 78965,"ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters",1 183733,"Evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention .",0 91445,"remarkable and memorable",1 85492,"jolt you",1 88058,"nothing short of a minor miracle in Unfaithful",1 184977,"Is '' Ballistic '' worth the price of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked . Would I see it again ? Please see previous answer .",0 52217,"gorgeous , witty , seductive",1 33781,"its fully-written characters",1 52409,"has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 146207,"If this dud had been made in the '70s",0 44341,"A winning piece of work",1 45111,"ESPN",1 191091,"a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama .",0 118548,"does n't necessarily",0 203238,"is not , nor will he be , back",0 103622,"A genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives",1 206693,"much sucks , but has a funny moment or two .",0 214928,"the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian",0 91184,"real bump-in - the-night chills",1 24381,"A map of the inner rhythms of love and jealousy and sacrifice drawn with a master 's steady stroke .",1 237379,"their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .",0 78490,"does so marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 87872,"nice little story",1 120526,"for their Mamet",1 142034,", Scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production .",0 195474,"careless and unfocused",0 109578,"The artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from Japan , the characters move with grace and panache .",1 238546,"well paced and satisfying little drama",1 103726,"A movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms .",0 18326,", AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action ,",1 28670,"and intriguing thriller",1 118536,"does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants",1 225885,"Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares .",0 74036,"and in the best way",1 161896,"in its current incarnation , Storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception",0 85345,"its own staggeringly unoriginal terms",0 161789,"in a modern context",1 13146,"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax ,",0 45543,"I 'm still stunned .",1 10959,"takes big bloody chomps out of it",0 172019,"stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits",0 33782,"its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness",1 45706,"It 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .",1 64435,"Both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement .",1 171935,"starts playing like General Hospital crossed with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon",0 19487,"a film brimming with detail and nuance",1 142332,", less",0 31814,"for those who like sick comedies that can be snide .",1 226392,"The only question ... is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering .",0 203638,"is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious",0 118062,"depends largely on your appetite for canned corn .",0 152158,"a new arrow in Schaeffer 's quiver of ineptitudes",0 51224,"enjoy seeing how both evolve",1 62025,", it also leaves you intriguingly contemplative .",1 62904,"A dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation .",1 124069,"is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive .",1 115903,"better actor",1 62073,", light treat",1 176670,"too obvious or simplistic for this movie",0 83921,"is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce",1 179992,"'s something I would rather live in denial about",0 64076,"As a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious . Yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .",1 16033,"his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 9041,"never worry about anyone",0 200401,"handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama",0 117869,"dark to be decipherable",0 190521,"a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",0 234052,"near-masterpiece",1 202089,"in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 61297,"'s thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance .",1 96929,"the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days",1 20466,"enormous",1 57892,"that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks",1 59632,"uncertainties",0 159200,"fitfully clever",1 153868,"are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 194169,"be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-Catholic protestors",0 46303,"Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary",1 47617,"While it can be a bit repetitive",0 67680,"Mr . Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .",1 30305,"complain",0 117024,"classic movie franchise",1 15381,"casts mostly little-known performers in key roles",0 213013,"suspense , surprise",1 41020,"It is ridiculous , of course ... but",0 140587,"wrapping the theater",1 106112,"Gyllenhaal . Maggie G . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen",1 39000,"this white-trash satire",0 88501,"of creative belly laughs",1 32958,"in the richness of its performances",1 51259,"enriched",1 39900,"we root for the patronized Iranian lad .",1 112796,"a straightforward , emotionally honest manner",1 47455,"Top-notch action powers this romantic drama",1 205501,"low-life tragedy",0 141922,", ' I know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .",0 13147,"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me",0 190088,"a Kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people . But it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us",0 50489,"could fail to respond",0 105585,"Earnest movie",1 97227,"these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective",1 101752,"'s mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here",1 141296,"'s disastrous",0 2899,"through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings",0 36990,"sincerity",1 220499,"'' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .",1 43295,"'s not very well shot or composed or edited",0 163962,"it winds up affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear",0 58645,"the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love ` real '",1 139319,"watching a rerun",0 66,"(",0 26259,"Occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for Zhao .",1 64367,"Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",1 149803,"The screenplay sabotages",0 171752,"sour cliche",0 224140,"It 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ... Grant and Bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun .",1 53391,"is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us",1 168374,"originality , wit",1 207033,"no explanation",0 82887,"in all , a great party",1 142824,"... too slow , too boring , and occasionally annoying .",0 195582,"change watching such a character",1 5879,"delightful",1 130874,"putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way --",1 91365,"refreshingly smart and newfangled variation",1 209806,"promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip .",0 169493,"purposeless",0 216861,"to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama",1 206275,"modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up",0 40771,"Andy Garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and",1 71319,"a bow-wow",0 75525,"being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem",1 133790,"tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",1 41532,"allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill",1 61202,"'s packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history",1 15071,"and riveting film performances",1 200932,"he has severe body odor",0 202224,"infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top ,",0 177211,"unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",0 94371,"than a more measured or polished production ever could",1 3605,"a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series",0 145830,"Hit",1 118585,"does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation",1 134802,"the action looks fake",0 155622,"but exhausting cinema",0 118085,"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always",1 168984,"plot holes big enough for Shamu the killer whale to swim through",0 6984,"has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots",0 96094,"the mark of a documentary that works",1 126709,"makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes",0 22633,"uncommonly human character",1 154534,"bad , he 's really bad ,",0 115622,"be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still",0 107175,"Jeff 's ) gorgeous",1 83871,"is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies",1 237839,"to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise",1 180436,", Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery",1 183187,"Contains all the substance of a Twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing",0 134224,"that a feel-good movie can still show real heart",1 211513,"should keep you reasonably entertained .",1 72830,"a winning comedy",1 107321,"Kirshner and Monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . ( Kirshner wins , but it 's close . )",0 154495,"avoided",0 87239,"more colorful",1 49827,"brilliant movie",1 181923,"A puppy dog so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks .",0 77727,"darling band Wilco",1 148486,"Sensitive though not quite revelatory documentary",0 14957,"an ` A ' for originality",1 131079,"realistic characters showing honest emotions",1 144787,"Despite Auteuil 's performance , it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .",0 124390,"is on full , irritating display in ( this ) meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot .",0 84905,"it 's hardly a necessary enterprise",0 89448,"on standard horror flick formula",0 39870,"watch because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor",1 3882,"a hilarious kenneth",1 170389,"say Analyze That is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents",1 104398,"And if you appreciate the one-sided theme to Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest . If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !",0 102640,", it 's still unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror .",1 100047,"white-knuckled",1 182505,"Any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director Jon Purdy 's sledgehammer sap .",0 70695,"Watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint",1 171815,"spliced random moments of a Chris Rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller .",0 169157,"prattle",0 36240,"pushes the boundaries of biography",1 92115,"seeing himself in the other ,",1 196536,"cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both",1 204442,"just die already",0 103657,"A highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweet edge to it .",1 141450,"'s no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution .",0 120401,"for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension",0 231640,"he somehow pulls it off .",1 167930,"off the wall",0 147310,"Makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience",0 34212,"looks there is something worth seeing .",1 51637,"figures prominently in this movie",1 225965,"Stealing Harvard is evidence that the Farrelly Bros. -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career .",0 104315,"An exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard",0 220818,"'s fun for kids of any age .",1 214175,"the basic flaws in his vision",0 172493,"takes a slightly anarchic approach that works only sporadically",0 5193,"bloated",0 168090,"on its shaky foundation",0 155972,"can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality",1 108274,"Paid in Full is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks .",1 178294,"whose promising , if rather precious ,",1 225271,"Oedekerk wrote Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven .",0 164511,"lack of give-a-damn",0 220493,"'' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .",1 68469,"Robert Rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .",1 187190,"Seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight",0 114193,"anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take",1 119934,"feels somewhat unfinished",0 194099,"be called animation",1 42520,"realize intuitively",1 35433,"of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know",1 41555,"an unusual opportunity to observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality but also",1 175571,"this turd squashed",0 51965,"from this new version of E . T . just as I hoped I would --",1 152183,"a not-great movie",0 94220,"tasteful little revision works",1 186511,"Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing",0 160988,"he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person",0 132800,"so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears",0 37875,"that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",1 215117,"the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid .",0 59854,"very least",0 78261,"disgust ,",0 131292,"remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .",1 116789,"celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music",1 47578,"Well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious .",1 165934,"might have made a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role",0 33500,"is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece .",1 153513,"an unpleasantly",0 221416,", it 's pretty stupid .",0 29940,"by providing good , lively company .",1 145374,"Flat",0 89986,"own staggeringly unoriginal terms",0 61783,", at least he provides a strong itch to explore more",1 219883,"without cheesy fun factor",0 90301,"piercing domestic drama",1 103531,"A direct-to-void release ,",0 18797,"Compelling revenge thriller",1 161634,"ill-conceived action pieces",0 216416,"this is the one .",1 55122,"not entirely fresh",0 87159,"misdirected",0 30169,"cinema 's finest",1 115459,"be an honest and loving one",1 172921,"that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism",1 48286,"a positive impression",1 131682,"run-of-the-filth gangster flicks",0 78232,"disarmingly",1 163330,"is so densely packed",1 233684,"makes its stupidity more than obvious",0 152505,"a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars .",0 30348,"connects on a visceral level that transcends language .",1 220810,"'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight .",0 226753,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers , ''",0 192733,"and entirely implausible",0 235058,"prevents Nettelbeck 's film from coming together .",0 211703,"sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh",0 232675,"is one big , dumb action movie .",0 101250,"your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts .",1 73954,"an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved .",0 203043,"is just lazy writing . Even kids deserve better",0 80243,"for anyone",1 121657,"has a good line in charm",1 222752,"But if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .",0 52726,"hopeless",0 176625,"too hard to be funny",0 6044,"does n't transcend genre",0 57820,"that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the South Korean cinema",1 114824,"as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue ,",1 37027,"slow and repetitive",0 3828,"a good-hearted",1 92112,"seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .",1 185139,"It 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness ,",0 29792,"but ` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way .",1 226144,"The New Guy does have a heart .",1 151550,"a convolution",0 121740,"has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama",1 117188,"come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 138143,"too predictable",0 29551,"benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin .",1 222873,"Ca n't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers",1 10488,"sits uneasily as a horror picture ... but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family .",1 25773,"It all adds up to good fun .",1 184838,"If you are into splatter movies , then you will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea .",1 78587,"dramatic treatment",1 118741,"drop your jaw",1 212060,"solemn insights",1 103836,"A realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales .",1 227595,"`` Spider-Man '' certainly",1 18600,"A triumph of art direction over narrative",1 221065,"( Green is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike .",0 93689,"stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying",1 67079,"Kudos to the most enchanting film of the year",1 175520,"this project was undertaken",0 212487,"staring at a blank screen",0 69434,"The charm of the first movie",1 57376,"stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving Conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating .",1 45571,"I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",1 155183,"between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects",0 68355,"Read My Lips with such provocative material",1 183180,"Comes off like a bad imitation of the Bard .",0 92281,"sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1 112090,"a handsome and well-made entertainment",1 138801,"unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car",0 189237,"Too infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style .",0 93731,"subtle , humorous , illuminating study",1 142737,". Hilariously",1 107719,"Merry",1 52656,"his sentimental journey",1 206404,"more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us",0 31707,"fly right over everyone 's head",0 35163,"of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member",0 119974,"few cheap shocks",0 146852,"Jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525 .",0 233306,"laugh therapy '",1 168988,"plot holes so large and obvious a marching band might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments .",0 185331,"It reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and",0 87001,"melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements",1 16276,"is often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",1 176519,"to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun",0 135647,"the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had",0 173830,"the excellent cast",1 119787,"farcically bawdy fantasy",1 70320,"This slight premise ... works because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm as the aged Napoleon",1 169504,"put a little too much heart into his first film",0 188176,"The film does n't really care about the thousands of Americans who die hideously , it cares about how Ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the CIA .",0 185015,"It 's a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary .",0 207911,"of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",0 95185,"the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes",1 143366,"A standard haunted house tale",1 31627,"filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love .",1 111538,"a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny",1 49785,"born to make",1 231398,"has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock",1 97058,"the working class to life",1 39061,"through this bogus veneer",0 215961,"the year 's worst cinematic tragedies",0 185213,"It 's supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength -- but it never quite adds up",0 188936,"Think The Lion King redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by Bryan Adams , the world 's most generic rock star .",0 144414,"Characters still need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs .",0 228948,"as glum as Mr. De Niro",0 215081,"the most pitiful directing",0 180113,"( Allen 's ) been making piffle for a long while , and Hollywood Ending may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 61865,", director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers",1 215384,"the point of suffocation",0 104290,"An engrossing Iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people",1 223315,"Extremely dumb .",0 168751,"paying it a compliment",1 150263,"This limp gender-bender-baller from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter",0 27616,"a likably delinquent attitude",1 99083,"unnatural",0 220905,"'s no energy .",0 72265,"a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically ,",1 75883,"bourgeois French society",1 43563,", deceit and murder",0 156234,"chick-flick slog",0 46747,"Smart , provocative and",1 168505,"overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors",0 166971,"not only fails on its own , but makes you",0 232458,"is evidence that the Farrelly Bros. -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 4809,"are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 222669,"Bravado Kathy !",1 28963,"any agent , he 'll get the girl",1 4300,"a well-made evocation",1 123875,"is admirable",1 125989,"lift the spirits of the whole family",1 127327,"more like a travel-agency video",0 4251,"a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation .",1 221093,"( `` Safe Conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes but",1 53180,"into a few evocative images and striking character traits",1 70929,"White Oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark ,",0 206456,"more than a bait-and-switch",1 78136,"different than anything that 's been done before",1 87381,"most ardent",1 112607,"a rerun",0 170078,"retch",0 95650,"the film has a problem",0 226072,"That 's its first sign of trouble .",0 41680,"by Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey is interesting but",1 143916,"As social exposé , Skins has its heart in the right place , but that 's not much to hang a soap opera on",0 174791,"the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating",1 136935,"this film : honest",1 153752,"appear to be reading the lines",0 220080,"would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",0 161174,"high crime",0 6137,"effective",1 1723,"mess",0 13717,"... it 's also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story .",0 133131,"splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any Scorsese has ever given us .",1 218995,"weirdo actor Crispin Glover screwing things up old school",0 2980,"too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot",0 24437,"A recent favourite at Sundance , this white-trash satire",1 209295,"pitiful , slapdash disaster . A DOA dud from frame one .",0 121735,"has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family .",1 104606,"Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ...",1 20082,"be keeping an eye out for his next project",1 219710,"with but they 're simply not funny performers",0 171538,"soggy leaves",0 65407,"Every moment crackles with tension , and",1 81836,"have a fun , no-frills ride",1 181513,"A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video",0 221598,", the new film is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .",0 121316,"good old fashioned spooks",1 160872,"have made Vittorio De Sica proud",1 75591,"best gay love stories",1 55023,"negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .",1 24712,"As a first-time director , Paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul .",1 108504,"Pure of intention",1 233898,"mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart .",1 199162,"for a few comic turns",1 13474,"'s so clever you want to hate it",1 235558,"seems little different",0 108759,"Satisfyingly",1 143762,"An unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you",0 219675,"with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",1 6674,"frida is n't that much different from many a hollywood romance . what sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings .",1 121015,"gentle and engrossing",1 66524,"It 's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems .",1 138212,"totally disorientated .",0 91440,"remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again",0 202974,"is hampered by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that Hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances",0 24388,"A modest pleasure that",1 22874,"worth a look",1 56505,"relevant today",1 60422,"without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy",1 163272,"is really not so much bad as bland",0 161328,"his sleek black BMW",1 231211,"gives them a bad odor .",0 168485,"over his head",0 122092,"heartbreakingly beautiful",1 227871,"a disaster of a story ,",0 162193,"inflict big damage upon their reputations .",0 70140,"There is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out .",1 100837,"works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters",1 105894,"French coming-of-age import",1 124693,"is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings .",1 205181,"literally bruising jokes . Every five minutes or so",0 37221,"spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 203675,"is way too indulgent",0 105569,"EXIT",0 42245,"its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and",1 164888,"like a bad soap opera",0 235118,"pulls it off .",1 204666,"lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies",0 197451,"down badly",0 156261,"chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten",0 9495,"one of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart .",0 86757,"manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .",1 176192,"to hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .",0 126336,"looking and stylish",1 92910,"smooth , shrewd , powerful act",1 186316,"Never having seen the first two films in the series , I ca n't compare Friday After Next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days .",0 125019,"it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction",0 6276,"evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 210315,"rejected X-Files episode",0 142173,", familiar and predictable",0 72554,"a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",1 65955,"He 's the con",0 3198,"wo n't enjoy the movie at all",0 17773,"thunderous ride",1 207981,"of sharp writing",1 103833,"A realistically terrifying movie",1 70693,"Watching War Photographer , you come to believe that Nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .",1 228750,"appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .",1 102185,"( than Leon )",1 109566,"The art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed , and",1 94804,"that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . That 's fun for kids of any age",1 68336,"Ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory .",1 47025,"The fascination comes in the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile",1 195765,"clever ideas and visual gags",1 199659,"fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic",0 180773,", ivans xtc . is a mess .",0 85081,"it lacks the detail of the book",0 81232,"good man",1 227059,"What sets Ms. Birot 's film apart from others in the genre",1 127440,"most impressive player",1 49093,"anybody contemplating their own drastic life changes should watch Some Body first",1 209508,"poo-poo jokes",0 205432,"lost in the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise",0 197294,"does n't come much lower .",0 39414,"touching reconsideration",1 162816,"is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects",0 19036,"Kaufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events",1 72715,"a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked",1 156100,"causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising",0 97612,"though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more",1 5622,"cold",0 23375,", and Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip .",1 185195,"It 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that Hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances",0 149350,"The episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life . But the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored .",0 125707,"lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context",0 87423,"most genuinely sweet",1 155512,"brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors",0 115767,"before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of Crystal and De Niro",1 75246,"be completely forgettable",0 13061,"who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 51913,"from New Zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",1 105365,"Delight your senses",1 94820,"that pours into every frame",1 105746,"Exploitative and largely devoid",0 160302,"graceful dual narrative",1 222783,"But like Bruce Springsteen 's gone-to-pot Asbury Park , New Jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins .",0 10157,"rich",1 50650,"dazzling conceptual feat",1 19551,"a polished and relatively sincere piece of escapism",1 236198,"sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '",1 146762,"It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary .",0 60822,"'s a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur",1 177347,"used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments",0 147572,"Murphy 's better performances",1 86913,"may have many agendas",1 172664,"terminally depressed ,",0 134873,"the bad things",0 168079,"on how bad the movie is",0 223023,"Crikey indeed",0 130251,"piss on trees , b . s .",0 105740,"Expands",1 68504,"Romantic comedy and Dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows",1 71263,"a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 105724,"Evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much fun",1 181559,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece",0 27838,"a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head",1 184586,"I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material",0 124403,"is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up .",0 37505,"surprised me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version .",1 226229,"The delicious trimmings",1 56951,"show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty",1 98518,"too safe",0 160857,"have failed",0 180610,", dramatically satisfying heroine",1 51209,"engagingly",1 180118,"( An ) absorbing documentary .",1 57842,"that manages to invest real humor",1 55029,"neo-Augustinian theology : Is God",1 183076,"Chen films the resolutely downbeat Smokers Only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book .",0 203019,"is its reliance on formula , though",0 113152,"about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution",0 102963,", this too-long , spoofy update of Shakespeare 's Macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .",0 116658,"capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",1 165667,"many laughs",1 94673,"that gives the film its bittersweet bite",1 111820,"a drag",0 137286,"tiresome",0 58118,"the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks",1 33785,"its goals with ease and confidence",1 26204,"No wonder they 're talking about '' Talk to Her",1 54410,"love story and sci-fi mystery",1 24491,"A teasing drama whose relentless good-deed\/bad-deed reversals are just interesting enough to make a sinner",1 84306,"is in his element here",1 76762,"civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices",1 97826,"to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering",1 133092,"special-effects-laden extravaganzas",1 38161,"the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made Christmas card",0 108830,"Seagal ran out of movies years ago , and",0 42468,"plenty of laughs and",1 104457,"Art-house to the core , Read My Lips is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema .",1 93325,"spiritually",1 57199,"somehow managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart",1 91689,"right choice",1 33639,"it does n't go too much further .",0 165088,"little jokes",1 15996,"healing",1 124904,"it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12",1 121491,"guiding lights",1 68942,"Spielberg 's first real masterpiece , it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .",1 192983,"appear avant-garde",1 86533,"make Paid in Full worth seeing",1 147897,"Once Ice-T sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's BMW and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue",0 127057,"might be shocked to discover that Seinfeld 's real life is boring",0 46219,"More timely than its director could ever have dreamed",1 224207,"It 's more enjoyable than I expected , though , and",1 82057,"heavy on the atmospheric weirdness",0 238902,"with revulsion",0 235924,"something any true film addict will want to check out",1 12939,"were far more entertaining than i had expected",1 50060,"carries it far above",1 94727,"that is sure to win viewers ' hearts",1 70813,"What elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish .",1 50764,"demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun ...",1 126314,"look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 14184,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious",0 80904,"gentle , mesmerizing",1 171607,"some script weaknesses and",0 215257,"the only one laughing at his own joke",0 112542,"a prolific director of music videos",1 158497,"every bad idea that 's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",0 139854,"widen the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses",1 144965,"Downright transparent is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a '' cooler '' PG-13 rating .",0 163316,"is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches )",0 114696,"are too complex to be rapidly absorbed",0 207293,"number 1",1 236722,"the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and",1 86656,"makes the movie fresh",1 149628,"The movie takes itself too seriously and ,",0 210933,"screenplay or",1 61124,"'s most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise .",1 229890,"combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .",1 110824,"Unfortunately , it 's also not very good . Especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie .",0 58643,"the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny ,",1 8565,"lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half",0 73882,"an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it",1 218828,"wastes its time on mood",0 49437,"award-winning Coen brothers envious",1 27967,"a wonderful all-ages triumph",1 18404,", dumb , happy",1 79923,"filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power",1 141336,"'s genuinely cool",1 156052,"careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes",1 170128,"ridicule factor",0 124116,"is high on squaddie banter , low",0 159369,"for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through",0 221615,", then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest .",0 235918,"somehow pulls it off .",1 39938,"well-observed and disturbing little movie",1 72838,"a wonderful ensemble cast",1 188714,"The story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched",0 47162,"The most compelling Wiseman epic of recent years .",1 100432,"with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach",1 87764,"needed",1 226975,"Watching this film , what we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement .",0 31340,"exciting and involving rock music doc",1 131590,"rivals the top Japanese animations of recent vintage",1 48842,"always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable",1 99807,"well-developed",1 66471,"It 's a compelling and horrifying story , and The Laramie Project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in America",1 172080,"strainingly cute",1 42456,"picture that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion",1 58374,"the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship",1 76616,"charming but slight comedy",1 47080,"The film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant .",1 31365,"experimental , contemporary stylist",1 33247,"is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness .",1 115811,"behind bars",1 167674,"of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so",0 72506,"a stadium-seat megaplex",1 209085,"particularly engaging",1 14807,"a rare glimpse",1 225859,"Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn",0 83400,"inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 3321,"'s exciting on the field and a story you",1 141339,"'s getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us .",0 204864,"less concerned with cultural and political issues",0 16029,"his children to create his song history",1 4913,"as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .",0 213566,"that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",0 205872,"mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between Americans and Brits .",0 156121,"certain timeless quality",1 229112,"baffled by Jason X.",0 182076,"A very slow , uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .",0 186844,"Rae",1 62161,", proves it 's never too late to learn .",1 53160,"interesting conflicted characters",1 172429,"swinging London in the time of the mods and the rockers",1 116891,"chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears ,",0 122733,"if tragic )",0 75913,"breathe life",1 230414,"drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 146306,"In its chicken heart , Crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises .",0 151839,"a great subject for a movie",1 178126,"whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there 's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong",0 85039,"it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",1 10456,"sign",1 189811,"Witless and utterly pointless",0 33969,"lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart",1 10208,"rough",0 204168,"its decrepit freaks",0 155363,"bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 201780,"in a drama so clumsy",0 32173,"grandeur and scale",1 185375,"Its and pieces of The Hot Chick are so hilarious ,",1 214134,"the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good",0 42935,"two winning lead performances and",1 122633,"humor .",1 174787,"the sort of movie that discourages American audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film",0 195198,"by some cynical creeps at Revolution Studios and Imagine Entertainment",0 217540,"toilet humor",0 143275,"A poky and pseudo-serious exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise .",0 213030,"sustain laughs",1 76116,"by John Woo in this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war",1 164757,"less moldy and trite",0 66291,"If you do n't",0 124307,"is n't the least bit mesmerizing",0 69537,"The film , while not exactly assured in its execution ,",0 180965,", the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .",0 1444,"it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals",1 139538,"what a reckless squandering of four fine",0 43951,"90-minute , four-star movie",1 45749,"It 's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after .",0 45272,"Food",1 41028,"It uses an old-time formula , it 's not terribly original and it 's rather messy --",0 186158,"More likely",1 130997,"rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide .",1 29688,"both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --",1 229613,"ca n't get any more gay",0 195114,"by Southern blacks as distilled",0 68274,"Proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong .",1 79955,"find love",1 204153,"its clumsiness",0 131666,"rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys",1 135257,"the feeble examples of big-screen Poke-mania that have preceded it",0 20861,"impeccable",1 151895,"a hokey script",0 83799,"is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs",1 7537,"ingenious",1 169707,"reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance",0 100892,"worth taking",1 191341,"a sketchy work-in-progress",0 120871,"funny bones tickled",1 222280,"An EXIT sign , that is .",0 181679,"A film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun .",0 85923,"less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese",1 96146,"the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself",1 99797,"well worth revisiting as many times as possible",1 125578,"keeps this pretty watchable , and casting Mick Jagger as director of the escort service was inspired",1 23091,"'s an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do .",1 228266,"aboul `` Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived",0 59646,"under his control",1 27738,"a popular destination for hungry tourists",1 56515,"remarkable gift",1 30559,"cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over",1 191431,"a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . ,",0 156658,"computer game",1 165254,"looks made for cable rather than for the big screen",0 222738,"But even then , I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes .",0 79001,"engaging historical drama",1 52288,"gripping story",1 137483,"to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses",0 167309,"of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than Ali G",0 152931,"adaptation and elaborate production",1 191042,"a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic",1 61459,"( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction",1 26765,"The best film",1 37424,"subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 162579,"is a competent enough filmmaker",1 16727,"of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game",1 65311,"Enjoyably",1 226646,"This is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults .",1 236347,"thanks to the presence",1 208011,"of such a minute idea",1 170773,"setting fire to yourself in the parking lot",0 190312,"a clear sense of purpose",1 223948,"If you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse .",1 72779,"a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll .",1 72855,"a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical",1 111361,"You never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride . Samuel L . Jackson is one of the best actors there is .",1 148380,"Samira Makhmalbaf 's new film Blackboards is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness , although , it 's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal",0 223575,"Hard , endearing , caring",1 149645,"The nicest thing that can be said about Stealing Harvard ( which might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog ) is that it 's not as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered .",0 60767,"'s ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest",1 68131,"Patriot",1 90332,"plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world",1 232983,"it 's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle .",0 1076,"gives devastating testimony",0 24969,"Chicago is , in many ways , an admirable achievement .",1 38443,"the most painfully marginal lives",0 115798,"begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .",0 207652,"of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film",0 52171,"go where the moment takes them",1 148840,"Stars Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but",1 130504,"powerful , chilling , and affecting study",1 35846,"outstanding feature debut",1 168878,"pillage",0 111024,"What emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice .",1 59673,"unendurable",0 19616,"a very cliched drum",0 155988,"can something so gross be so boring",0 100111,"who learns that believing in something does matter",1 73432,"all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",0 27273,"World War II",1 171006,"show genuine promise",1 153438,"an intelligent film",1 186941,"Richard Pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material ,",1 186636,"Oversexed , at times overwrought comedy/drama",0 44594,"As simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine . This is a movie you can trust .",1 8871,"more than petty theft of your time",0 199827,"get in FearDotCom is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie .",0 95909,"the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm",1 92663,"silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp",1 23510,", but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic .",0 212856,"such subtlety and warmth",1 203091,"is meaningless , vapid and devoid",0 237239,"the story is just too slim .",0 78511,"domestic tension and unhappiness",0 76559,"challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture .",1 208166,"of the worst titles in recent cinematic history",0 149342,"The enormous comic potential",1 133917,"technically proficient",1 20028,"at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different",1 221145,", Hush !",0 102672,", it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end",1 47912,"a creative urge",1 122978,"in enough clever and unexpected",1 73838,"an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist",1 108261,"Over the years , Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .",1 223512,"Good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography .",1 234129,"no emotional pulse to Solaris",0 112648,"a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless .",0 234201,"not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities",0 154300,"aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery",1 219501,"will ever be anything more than losers",0 221426,", it has some problems",0 36384,"really scores",1 56768,"seduction ,",1 37452,"such monastic devotion",1 39429,"transform Caviezel into a movie star",1 172185,"styles and genres",1 125868,"leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites",0 131617,"romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue",1 19050,"Legendary",1 115139,"at 2002 's Sundance Festival",1 89779,"other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or",1 114869,"as beautiful , desirable",1 129220,"of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre",1 198463,"fair with the audience . Are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue ?",0 187811,"The Irwins ' scenes are fascinating",1 177725,"watched the brainless insanity of No Such Thing with mounting disbelief .",0 13784,"A masterpiece four years in the making .",1 109586,"The basic premise is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy .",0 71206,"` What 's the Russian word for Wow ! ? '",1 222745,"But he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person .",0 215147,"the movie is playing the obvious game",0 199628,"from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",0 3350,"'s not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 49935,"by a comically adept ensemble",1 124187,"is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore .",1 233669,"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .",1 223165,"Disturbing .",0 230512,"ending that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief",0 206102,"might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc . Reyes ' word processor .",0 103874,"A showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor Michel Serrault , the film is less successful on other levels .",1 45387,"Good car chases",1 15683,"even less plausible than the rest of the picture",0 192713,"and artistically inept",0 112032,"a good film in '' Trouble",1 146766,"It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But here 's the real damn : It is n't funny , either",0 109723,"The dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but",0 20335,"damn good .",1 115534,"be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",0 235407,"runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1 70421,"Tony Gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before , but",0 153927,"are plot holes big enough for Shamu the killer whale to swim through",0 47466,"Translating complex characters from novels to the big screen",1 227972,"a joyous occasion",1 203038,"is just hectic and homiletic",0 106937,"It 's not particularly well made , but since I found myself howling more than cringing , I 'd say the film works",1 235225,"really horrible",0 176166,"to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 21171,"just happens to be her own worst enemy",0 158052,"dumbed-down approach",0 20221,"ca n't wait to see what they do next",1 26958,"There is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over .",1 61114,"'s like having an old friend for dinner '",1 135431,"the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening",0 174782,"the sorriest and most",0 228458,"allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 138297,"treads predictably along familiar territory ,",0 122828,"improves",1 15005,"and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn",1 75578,"benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth .",1 25009,"Collateral",1 84039,"is as often imaginative",1 87871,"nice evening out",1 232444,"is destined to be the 21st Century 's new `` Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 152548,"a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation",0 13570,", darkly funny dance",1 128680,"of good material",1 145580,"Given that both movies expect us to root for convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same , we need every bit of sympathy the cons can muster : this time , there is n't much .",0 13642,", the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography",1 68900,"Sometimes this ` Blood ' seems as tired as its protagonist ...",0 184856,"Imagine Susan Sontag falling in love with Howard Stern .",0 59857,"very well",1 81286,"gorgeous locales",1 156562,"comes off like a Hallmark commercial",0 237160,"the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 4120,"a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",1 19806,"and as fun",1 153357,"an average comedic dateflick",0 66777,"It tends to remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film , with its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing",1 117191,"come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . You 'll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter",0 8628,"makes a nice album",1 157758,"does n't fully",0 212960,"sure is getting old",0 143558,"Aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . Stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by Dustin Hoffman that is revelatory",0 223420,"Frailty '' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .",1 156698,"confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie",0 1856,"not to act like pinocchio",0 8959,"muted",0 230751,"feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock",0 69060,"Sure , it 's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be",1 176376,"to see a comedy about shoddy airport security",1 81844,"have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching",1 127291,"more daring and surprising American movies",1 229260,"become good",1 214747,"the greedy talent agents",0 100381,"with Sean Penn 's monotone narration",0 22983,"'' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 101023,"yet I found it weirdly appealing",1 59702,"unforgivingly inconsistent",0 214887,"the irrelevant as on the engaging ,",0 215337,"the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning",1 50892,"dismissed as mindless",0 239178,"you must shoot it in the head",0 162771,"is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes .",0 121090,"gets to you . Just like Igby .",1 155347,"bogged down",0 16961,"playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 115594,"be taken literally on any level",1 117383,"comprehend it",1 121280,"gone before , but several movies have",1 52258,"great movie",1 191464,"a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 60525,"you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie .",1 204126,"its beautiful women",1 157260,"demanding stunts",1 231868,"if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",0 68370,"Red Dragon is less baroque and showy than Hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than Silence . But",0 15546,"directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere .",1 142105,", but it 's not without style",1 25499,"Having never been a huge fan of Dickens ' 800-page novel , it surprised me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version .",1 110542,"This remake of Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John",0 190479,"a drama so clumsy",0 123702,"is Nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing King Lear",1 160502,"hampered by an undeveloped script",0 236896,"the film is well worthwhile .",1 76393,"canny crowd pleaser",1 198198,"every punchline predictable .",0 135829,"the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs",0 203818,"it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 197480,"drag the movie down",0 62056,", it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .",1 57015,"since The Evil Dead",0 93649,"strongest performance",1 16959,"playful",1 42769,"terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious ,",1 30013,"candid and often fascinating",1 108584,"Remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity , it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .",1 202746,"is appealing .",1 101636,"'s barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 73661,"an adventurous young talent",1 82602,"if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve",1 206192,"mindless without being the peak of all things insipid",0 33198,"is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual .",1 37072,"so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 21985,"slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rings true",1 103462,"A captivating and intimate study about dying and loving ...",1 111118,"While the ensemble player who gained notice in Guy Ritchie 's Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch has the bod , he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .",0 166266,"more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks .",0 156701,"confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun",0 204296,"its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank",0 91306,"recommend this film",1 48385,"a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera",1 78846,"eloquent ( meditation ) on death",1 86279,"look no further",1 195961,"comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture",1 144281,"Bruce Springsteen 's",1 182105,"A wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily .",0 80409,"for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life",1 226577,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys .",1 131276,"religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds --",1 230835,"fingering problems than finding solutions",0 14163,"It 's not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru .",1 17638,"the road to hell",0 219181,"when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up .",1 150712,"Wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches ) , but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn",0 112582,"a realistic atmosphere",1 220891,"'s muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` Dragonfly",0 41943,"fleet turns of plot and",1 216707,"tick-tock pacing",0 88128,"odd , rapt spell",0 236117,"successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla",1 9314,"of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics",0 118500,"does deliver a few gut-busting laughs",1 70475,"Triple X is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude . When you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",1 159147,"find little of interest",0 105637,"Enormously enjoyable",1 111095,"Whether or not Ram Dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness , Fierce Grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .",1 98941,"undeniably gorgeous , terminally",1 237663,"time to let your hair down --",1 111775,"a delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy",1 186182,"Most fish stories are a little peculiar , but this is one that should be thrown back in the river .",0 150338,"Though Avary has done his best to make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel , in the end , his Rules is barely worth following .",0 106178,"Has the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke",1 63382,"A sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would expect .",1 101920,"'s still a guilty pleasure to watch",1 194844,"boring talking heads , etc .",0 32581,"his screenplay 's sappier elements",0 29040,"are flawless",1 227062,"What should have been a painless time-killer",0 188459,"The mushy finale",0 119818,"favored by many directors of the Iranian new wave",1 188737,"The superior plotline is n't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other .",0 80292,"for its overwhelming creepiness",0 112803,"a striking style behind the camera",1 104099,"After a while , Hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .",0 102691,", just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",0 211189,"self-consciously overwritten story",0 179556,"'s a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition .",0 172824,"that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack",0 120879,"funny movies",1 124838,"it 's impossible to care",0 202493,"is ) a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .",0 94167,"takes the most unexpected material",1 146016,"I can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent , and that 's sultry Linda Fiorentino doing the same thing",0 84957,"it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking",1 228681,"another great `",1 115600,"be the next Animal House",1 187579,"Still , it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered .",0 68324,"Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings",1 235055,"pretended not to see it and",0 176383,"to see the perpetrators of Chicago torn apart by dingoes",0 26763,"The band 's courage in the face of official repression",1 26291,"One of creepiest",0 105288,"Curling may be a unique sport",1 176674,"too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell",0 9378,"of the smartest",1 171550,"solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity",1 210474,"resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 26264,"Offers enough playful",1 221985,"A directorial tour de force by Bernard Rose , ivans",1 204165,"its curmudgeon",0 123357,"inexperienced",0 177084,"unbelievably stupid",0 159618,"found the movie as divided against itself",0 150971,"Wince-inducing",0 173073,"that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten",0 209277,"piecing the story together frustrating difficult",0 148166,"Problem Child",0 172263,"sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle",0 13263,"would-be characters",0 91247,"really strong second effort",1 140644,"yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie",1 20615,"from enjoying much of it",1 150846,"What was subtle and mystifying in the novella is now broad and farcical .",0 125876,"leaves little doubt that Kidman has become one of our best actors .",1 115819,"being a complete waste of time",0 203264,"is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album",0 87815,"never rises to its full potential as a film",0 222956,"Cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing Avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .",0 32359,"have at last found a worthy follow-up",1 49156,"are funny .",1 29953,"by the ultimate mysteries of life and death",1 203965,"it makes you feel like a chump",0 36936,"show it to their own kids",1 44658,"Bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking .",1 81904,"have one saving grace",1 112812,"a student film",1 2279,"sickly sweet",0 140965,"'d hoped the movie would avoid",0 54954,"mucking up its storyline",0 35450,"of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 179584,"'s a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale",0 175966,"to be reminded of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies",0 195789,"clichés , depression and bad alternative music",0 81217,"good , achingly human",1 229973,"cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X.",1 211155,"seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material",0 40548,"'s a good film",1 153867,"are likely to lose interest before Sandrine",0 95500,"the dull",0 234450,"of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh",1 49629,"begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully .",1 169399,"proves rough going for the audience as well",0 56952,"showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 44493,"An honest , sensitive story",1 22898,"you 'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean .",1 60801,"'s a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .",0 30862,"diverse",1 151929,"a lapdance",0 192518,"an elegant visual sense and a talent",1 4272,"a very old-school kind",0 46486,"Passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , Helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .",1 44242,"A sharp , amusing study of the cult",1 95899,"the humor has point",1 60019,"well-balanced",1 226387,"The only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them .",0 8093,"its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy",1 123781,"is a mess from start to finish .",0 193578,"as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes",0 98713,"true for being so hot-blooded",1 64782,"Confessions is n't always coherent ,",0 228461,"allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range .",1 19520,"a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood .",1 1015,"for children",1 209383,"plays like Clueless Does South Fork .",0 392,"an engaging",1 190963,"a moldy-oldie",0 69378,"The Woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 47156,"The minor figures surrounding ( Bobby ) ... form a gritty urban mosaic .",1 57334,"steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty",1 46450,"Oscar Wilde 's masterpiece , The Importance of Being Earnest",1 43322,"'s so successful at lodging itself in the brain",1 225505,"Predictably soulless techno-tripe .",0 171880,"stale candy ,",0 191592,"a very rainy day",0 128988,"of the best actors there is",1 226720,"Thoroughly awful",0 20567,"focusing intently on his characters",1 143880,"As A Rumor of Angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even Ms .",0 41704,"charm all but",1 197209,"do n't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .",0 90366,"plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air",1 8151,"its stylistic austerity and",1 97770,"timeless and unique perspective",1 21555,"of the abuses of one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes",0 178556,"with crisp professionalism",1 46694,"Schütte 's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues Brecht faced as his life drew to a close .",1 27782,"a rewarding balance",1 20862,"impeccable screenplay",1 131776,"say it was a guilty pleasure",1 121668,"has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded",1 105151,"Clockstoppers is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up .",0 54202,"legendary sitcom",1 106500,"I liked about it",1 113337,"action twaddle",0 199029,"flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , '' The Sum of All Fears",0 3713,"a date",1 210560,"right approach",1 46265,"Ms . Seigner and Mr . Serrault bring fresh",1 213371,"than bad",0 5991,"disguised",0 20625,"full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 129879,"overplayed and exaggerated",0 32503,"hilarious throughout",1 50979,"does thanks in large measure",1 106244,"His work transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories .",1 47416,"Though a capable thriller , somewhere along the way K-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .",0 85774,"lasting traces",1 160513,"handsome-looking",1 200074,"going nowhere fast",0 63227,"A naturally funny film , Home Movie",1 200839,"have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",1 48026,"a few evocative images",1 111138,"Who is the audience for Cletis Tout ? Anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed .",1 235114,"pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect .",0 141558,"'s relentlessly folksy",0 176598,"too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic",0 175217,"they 're dead on the vine",0 73109,"acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism",1 118819,"dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle",0 12868,"watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama",0 200522,"has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle",0 122744,"if you appreciate the one-sided theme to Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade",0 160645,"has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight .",0 23734,", it would fail and perhaps explode",0 221200,", Notorious C.H.O. hits all the verbal marks it should .",1 124115,"is high on squaddie banter ,",0 55072,"nicest possible way",1 81581,"hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time",1 81837,"have a good shot",1 31650,"finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor .",1 2725,"the smeary digital",0 24431,"A rarity among recent Iranian films",1 130406,"poor quality",0 66097,"I 'll at least remember their characters",1 131298,"remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .",1 200630,"has severe body odor",0 77558,"creative energy and wit to entertain all ages",1 128860,"of pun and entendre and its attendant",1 33024,"incredibly clever",1 215330,"the perfect cure for insomnia",0 78924,"emotionally strong and politically potent piece",1 99269,"utter sincerity",1 21077,"is worth seeking out",1 189056,"This movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch .",0 62423,", wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a '' 2 '' at the end of its title .",1 151402,"a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work",0 91746,"robbed and",1 105526,"Dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .",0 222512,"Australian actor\/director John Polson and award-winning English cinematographer Giles Nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation .",1 129561,"one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",0 73802,"an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart",1 115805,"begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times I",1 79059,"enlivens this film",1 164276,"junk-calorie",0 17326,"still has the chops and drive to show how its done",1 189724,"Why would anyone cast the magnificent Jackie Chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?",0 160883,"have n't seen such hilarity since Say It Is n't So !",1 236089,"students that deals with first love sweetly",1 143021,"A broad , melodramatic estrogen opera",0 125560,"keep this from being a complete waste of time",0 69479,"The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded",1 163103,"is n't really good enough to be on afternoon TV",0 114608,"are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters",1 71202,"` Praise the Lord",1 23343,", The Queen of the Damned can not be said to suck",1 141102,"'s a bizarre curiosity memorable mainly for the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction .",0 174148,"the jokes ,",1 120951,"gave people seizures",0 166007,"miscasts nearly every leading character .",0 86102,"like to skip but film buffs should get to know",1 63710,"All the actors are good in Pauline & Paulette",1 16542,"marvelous performances",1 80537,"fresh and absorbing look",1 34156,"little truffle",1 169575,"quite bad",0 79665,"far from disappointing",1 47711,"Yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack",1 79075,"enough energy and excitement",1 42402,"nicely acted and",1 111360,"You never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride . Samuel L . Jackson is one of the best actors there is",1 53598,"is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by Allen 's astringent wit",1 221574,", the film certainly does n't disappoint .",1 37604,"tales spun afresh .",1 168017,"old-fashioned , occasionally charming and",1 182066,"A tired , predictable , bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .",0 138630,"understand her choices",1 69228,"That the real Antwone Fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing : that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle .",1 94489,"that 's pure entertainment",1 157798,"does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you .",0 158794,"falls flat in just about every conceivable area .",0 109234,"Stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , LaBute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .",0 225693,"Scarcely worth a mention",0 8069,"its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore",0 132494,"simple and soapy",1 128870,"of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it",0 226276,"The film is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents",1 187338,"Slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by",0 225726,"Seen in that light , Moonlight Mile should strike a nerve in many .",1 131104,"really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .",1 23558,", cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness : we need his shticks",1 185486,"Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins",1 149431,"The film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc .",0 2328,"so hyped up that a curious sense of menace informs everything",0 90593,"precious little substance in Birthday Girl",0 72255,"a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him",0 48332,"a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made",1 143947,"At least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 133759,"sweet and fluffy",1 9688,"persistently",1 102805,", riveting story",1 192788,"and verbal clichés",0 227749,"a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni",0 27830,"a small town life",1 90571,"powerful people",1 50937,"does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life",1 48085,"a great movie",1 84216,"is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally .",1 168131,"on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs",0 76897,"colorful bio-pic",1 205119,"like watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet",0 18001,"wears",0 38725,"the trio 's absorbing narrative",1 125354,"its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map",0 221386,", involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship .",1 126551,"made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes .",1 176929,"trying to light a fire with soggy leaves",0 44115,"A graceful , moving tribute to the courage of New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice .",1 128362,"of New Age-inspired good intentions",1 221671,", we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes .",0 76455,"carnage and",0 150368,"Though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed ... that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr . Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear",0 53694,"is visually dazzling",1 18349,", an almost real-live girl",1 31487,"far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 51974,"fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler",1 91533,"requiring a great deal of thought",1 189194,"To the vast majority of more casual filmgoers , it will probably be a talky bore .",0 95197,"the best script that Besson has written in years",1 163266,"is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture .",0 222157,"Aan opportunity wasted .",0 201975,"in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction",1 77000,"comic energy",1 126554,"made the near-fatal mistake of being what the English call ` too clever by half",0 140399,"wore",1 9443,"on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness",0 114401,"any fiction",1 43290,"'s not as single-minded as John Carpenter 's original",0 222169,"About the best thing you could say about Narc is that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture .",1 87319,"more revealing , more emotional and more surprising --",1 231873,"if it 's filmed Tosca that you want",1 224052,"Inconsequential road-and-buddy pic",0 72622,"a sweet and enjoyable fantasy",1 70942,"Wickedly funny , visually engrossing",1 57359,"stimulating",1 103028,", with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , Time Out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .",0 166989,"not taken",0 1888,"of being the big hit franklin",1 183727,"Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new",0 125448,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains ,",1 17414,"that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture",0 6888,"grew hideously twisted",0 149307,"The director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in ( the characters ' ) misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it .",0 234937,"piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art",1 11329,"the endlessly repetitive",0 210064,"rank frustration from those in the",0 193234,"are uncomfortably strained .",0 232802,"is the filmmakers ' point ?",0 140286,"with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline",0 230270,"distanced us from the characters .",0 99474,"visually engrossing",1 143765,"An unclassifiably awful study in self - and audience-abuse",0 88096,"obnoxious",0 53536,"is n't that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems",1 202734,"is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche .",0 46433,"One of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it .",1 225614,"Reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others",1 14000,"Engagingly",1 69955,"The storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome",1 226936,"Walter Hill 's Undisputed is like a 1940s Warner Bros. .",1 125669,"kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth",1 175509,"this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to ignore . But as a movie",0 177822,"wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks",0 18253,"'ll appreciate much of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries .",1 83862,"is a riveting , brisk delight",1 185871,"Lopez Romantic Comedy",1 212562,"stiff wind to blow it uphill",0 189021,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight ,",0 60668,"'' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",1 52020,"funny stuff",1 149944,"The title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well .",0 179673,"'s coherent",1 188167,"The film delivers what it promises : A look at the '' wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans .",1 188033,"The chocolate factory without Charlie .",0 42092,"hits the mark",1 13523,", and all the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer",0 182719,"Be forewarned , if you 're depressed about anything before watching this film",0 125937,"lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving",1 2271,"should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie",1 90314,"pitch-perfect acting",1 2604,"the finish line",1 97588,"those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 67256,"Like a veteran head cutter , Barbershop is tuned in to its community .",1 142650,", writer-director Peter Mattei 's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy .",0 25513,"He makes language sexy .",1 171260,"sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse .",0 178762,"wonder what the reaction of Israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation",0 38331,"the idiocy",0 187694,"Tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality",0 29600,"big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler",1 30726,"deserves a wide audience .",1 37030,"slump",0 215529,"the same easy targets",0 192964,"anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone",1 65313,"Enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious --",1 45788,"It has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and Mandy Moore leaves a positive impression",1 183052,"Chan has done in the United States",1 129845,"overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal",1 44219,"A reasonably entertaining sequel",1 22468,"tight",1 44035,"A delightful coming-of-age story .",1 120889,"funny yet",1 231207,"gives the lie",0 181140,", you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .",0 13804,"A somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person",1 233977,"most viewers will wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned . ''",0 190382,"a crazy work of disturbed genius or",1 219417,"whose charms are immediately apparent",1 15537,"destined to be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 198436,"failing ,",0 227602,"`` Sweet Home Alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...",1 151586,"a decent endeavor",1 157211,"deeply unsettling experience",0 33253,"is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over",1 55574,"of the great crimes",0 177309,"uplifting '",1 63338,"A rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool",0 51317,"escapist fun",1 45476,"Hell Houses in particular",0 58217,"the difficult relationship between a father and son",0 70254,"This is not an easy film .",0 56326,"puts history in perspective",1 28115,"add movies to the list of things he does well",1 110583,"Those of you who are not an eighth grade girl will most likely doze off during this one .",0 65747,"George Clooney , in his first directorial effort , presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years .",1 33365,"is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago",0 169819,"recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 73545,"always a narratively cohesive one .",1 69725,"The movie 's seams may show ... but Pellington gives '' Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling .",1 180071,"'s worked too hard on this movie",0 48351,"a rounded and revealing overview",1 225216,"Nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining",1 167045,"now is an exercise in pointlessness",0 65819,"Good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make Paid in Full worth seeing .",1 180030,"'s the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name",0 221025,"'ve already seen Heartbreak if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard",0 212411,"squanders the charms of stars Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock .",0 234795,"other words , about as bad a film",0 161724,"in ( the characters ' ) misery",0 120325,"for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",0 237288,"the twist endings were actually surprising",1 204462,"just is n't a very involving one",0 214820,"the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself",0 103898,"A solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration",1 56419,"real poignancy",1 237591,"those crass , contrived sequels",0 68705,"Sensual",1 206431,"more painful",0 204667,"lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature",0 114931,"as if to say , '' Look at this ! This is an interesting movie",1 101901,"'s so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance",1 185782,"Like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .",0 166934,"not a trace of humanity or empathy",0 4927,"at a brisk , amusing pace",1 20114,"best movie",1 41346,"This warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies ,",1 225324,"One-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation .",0 142648,", with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights",0 145004,"Dull , lifeless , and amateurishly assembled .",0 138690,"ungainly movie",0 87613,"much self-centered",0 178889,"would have been just another bad movie . Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie .",0 5181,"blends uneasily",0 175187,"there is no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it .",0 184902,"In space , no one can hear you snore",0 163826,"it is clever ,",1 7647,"is a film far superior to its predecessor",1 158708,"extremely unfunny film",0 93048,"solid execution",1 4049,"a promising , unusual kind",1 135061,"the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware",1 138930,"veiling tension",0 60618,"your typical junkie opera",0 138786,"until then there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations",0 123840,"is a terrific role for someone like Judd , who really ought to be playing villains .",1 46276,"My Big Fat Greek Wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor .",1 100413,"with a modicum of patience",1 48688,"admire its conception",1 160633,"has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study",1 64521,"Brown Sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another '' Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .",1 30905,"does best",1 133399,"strike a chord with anyone who 's ever",1 162714,"is all flash .",0 83381,"innovations and",1 12886,"watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat .",1 65935,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U . S . -- a major director is emerging in world cinema .",1 91109,"rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season",1 26314,"Oscar time",1 141985,", I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .",0 233210,"just another bad movie",0 225378,"P.T. Anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible .",1 97633,"thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films",1 117564,"could easily be called the best Korean film of 2002 .",1 220717,"'s a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening",0 53127,"inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows . '",1 10215,"rubbo 's dumbed-down",0 210121,"reach a truly annoying pitch",0 221436,", it just gets stupid and maudlin .",0 160660,"has charm -- especially Allodi and Nolden --",1 129019,"of the family vacation",1 236941,"the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 87411,"most delightful",1 25223,"Engrossing",1 235539,"seem at times too many ,",0 175805,"to Be One of Us may be the most tuneless tune",0 3078,"waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high",0 66188,"I loved on first sight and , even more important , love in remembrance .",1 209812,"promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera .",0 24646,"An inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees living in U . S .",1 17520,"the drama of Cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture",1 97211,"there is an interesting story of pointed personalities",1 189003,"This is n't a '' Friday '' worth waiting for .",0 105383,"Despite an overwrought ending , the film works as well as it does because of the performances .",1 185740,"Less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is",0 12022,"the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful",1 109601,"The best film of the year 2002",1 35820,"out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications",1 36461,"relaxing",1 113710,"almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation",0 230968,"forget that they are actually movie folk",1 33880,"itself up in subtle plot maneuvers",1 12670,"uninvolving",0 191199,"a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",1 83264,"increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool",1 231399,"has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock .",1 35195,"of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling -- but unquestionably alive",1 184323,"Has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of General Hospital .",0 2259,"sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its lan , humor , bile , and irony .",0 149835,"The smug , oily demeanor",0 36747,"see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 180750,", it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",1 18766,"By the end of No Such Thing the audience , like Beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster .",1 194378,"been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand",0 93328,"spite of it",1 117704,"creative animation work",1 236910,"the film was better than Saving Private Ryan",1 108202,"One of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them .",1 214186,"the best Irish sense",1 68766,"Short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of Eudora Welty",1 117012,"clarity and audacity",1 140443,"works effortlessly",1 37330,"sticks much closer to Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of High Fidelity did",1 36541,"retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",1 114293,"and yet completely familiar",1 87236,"more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie",1 233797,"may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .",0 175912,"to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering",0 115994,"biggest husband-and-wife disaster",0 226402,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less",1 102494,", earnest and -- sadly -- dull",0 34069,"lightweight and bizarrely original",1 119084,"engage an audience",1 42796,"the best film of the year so far ,",1 134221,"that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him",1 221957,"A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against ... well , just stuff .",0 154779,"be neither funny nor provocative - only dull",0 104798,"Bo Derek",1 52638,"his legendary sitcom",1 38284,"the good sense to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public",1 223954,"If you 're paying attention , the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess",0 98121,"to honor the many faceless victims",1 149588,"The movie has a script ( by Paul Pender ) made of wood , and it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions",0 166226,"more self-absorbed women than the mother and",0 153365,"an effective horror film",1 13335,"you 'll spy i spy at a video store near you",0 29867,"but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece .",1 171406,"so dumb and so exploitative in its violence",0 200261,"grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care",0 211699,"sit through -- despite some first-rate performances",1 63516,"A time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and",1 212877,"suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .",0 50950,"does justice both to Stevenson and to the sci-fi genre .",1 20478,"enthusiast",1 169060,"poor judgment",0 8268,"just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale",0 22122,"takes on a whole other meaning",1 5952,"did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube",0 214123,"the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .",0 229912,"comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .",0 11560,"the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .",1 111671,"a comedy , a romance ,",1 13121,"with a stellar performance",1 103181,"... Margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .",0 89546,"one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year",1 142915,"49-year-old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough",0 57489,"sufficiently",1 226512,"The thing about guys like Evans is this : You 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .",0 6924,"halftime to get started",0 176139,"to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters",0 234485,"of pre-9 \/ 11 New York and onto a cross-country road trip of the Homeric kind",1 181864,"A movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . We can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art .",0 228606,"an intermittently good time",1 111890,"a few gut-busting laughs",1 169803,"recent action-fantasy extravaganzas",1 112684,"a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects",1 15158,"as much fun as it must have been for them to make it",1 36963,"significant moviegoing pleasures",1 119227,"epic '",1 109518,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate .",1 61952,", however , Robert Rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .",1 136135,"the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook",0 185755,"Like Showgirls and Glitter , the most entertaining moments here are unintentional .",0 28901,"and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 15402,"charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 135812,"the movie is rather choppy .",0 230444,"dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects",0 205856,"marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",1 156864,"could be the worst thing to come out of National Lampoon since Class Reunion",0 206234,"misfiring",0 142397,", preposterous )",0 189035,"This is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .",0 39710,"urban South Korea",1 216,"a pale",0 186342,"Nicolas Cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray , and",0 77683,"cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .",1 75572,"benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances",1 21962,"silly",1 30524,"cruelly hilarious",1 61636,", I found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .",1 26981,"This is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable .",1 168769,"penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story",0 94112,"take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",1 192006,"adored The Full Monty so resoundingly",1 206238,"mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself .",0 110044,"The one not-so-small problem with Expecting",0 132173,"set up",1 215451,"the psychology too textbook to intrigue",0 212145,"some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory",0 82180,"highly polished",1 173063,"that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff",0 108064,"Not only are the film 's Sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny",0 104767,"Black Hawk Down and We",1 71728,"a gleefully",1 117086,"clichés ,",0 69064,"Surprisingly powerful and universal .",1 35814,"our senses with the chilling sights",1 174393,"the new Star Wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .",0 204800,"leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends",0 18119,"wonderment and excitement",1 82229,"his cinematic vision",1 88845,"of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout",1 23197,"'s yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep .",0 65597,"For the most part , it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .",1 82293,"his outstanding performance as Bond in Die",1 12483,"too bad kramer could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up",0 64197,"Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .",0 169144,"powerful portrayal",1 155764,"by people far more talented than Ali G",0 99285,"valid",1 177494,"village idiot",0 208299,"offering fine acting moments and pungent",1 205062,"like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing",0 126211,"little catch",1 144373,"Care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but",1 231173,"getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good",1 86430,"lustrous polished",1 42855,"the right place ...",1 183917,"Fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget .",1 165423,"made for the '' XXX",0 186078,"Mel Brooks ' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated",1 89561,"one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters",1 227012,"Well-made but mush-hearted .",1 213976,"the , yes , snail-like pacing",0 202124,"inadvertent",0 179512,"'s a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction",1 204314,"its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference",0 50927,"do n't want to use your brain",0 13634,", some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike .",0 100362,"wit and originality",1 190804,"a large human tragedy . Alas",0 194301,"becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence",0 131295,"remains brightly optimistic",1 81417,"grotesquely",0 236560,"that they are doing it is thought-provoking .",1 73093,"achieve",1 209420,"plodding action sequences",0 128752,"of its spirit",1 25002,"Clooney fans or adventure buffs",1 205991,"meandering , low on energy , and",0 102328,", Skins is heartfelt and achingly real .",1 154950,"been better off as a documentary ,",0 221742,"-- but never less than pure wankery .",0 184805,"If only it were , well , funnier .",0 28948,"another great ` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do",1 193364,"as a ghost story gone badly awry",0 56630,"riveting conviction",1 139862,"will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment",1 39652,"unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 155379,"bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points",0 66473,"It 's a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .",1 84673,"is sure to win viewers ' hearts",1 12622,"ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing",0 227985,"a lighthearted glow",1 236427,"that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk",1 3675,"a coma",0 220995,"'s the perfect kind of film to see when you do n't want to use your brain .",1 99478,"visually ravishing",1 58125,"the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment",0 188249,"The gifted Crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself",1 220092,"would know what to make of this Italian freakshow",0 36349,"raw and disturbing",0 180757,", it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence",0 17572,"the insight and honesty",1 44019,"A compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .",1 83453,"intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation",1 203705,"is wondrously creative .",1 68760,"Shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience .",1 113979,"an electric pencil sharpener",1 189782,"With all the sympathy , empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles .",0 74012,"and altogether creepy",0 38294,"the grim situation",0 84726,"is the chance it affords to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",1 145719,"Harrison 's Flowers puts its heart in the right place , but its brains are in no particular place at all",0 211713,"sitting around",0 65649,"French shocker",1 172652,"tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste",0 83040,"in some evocative shades",1 230104,"debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined",0 121057,"get the same love story and parable",1 29741,"brief shooting star",1 77861,"definitive",1 67610,"More good than great but Freeman and Judd make it work .",1 118370,"disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",0 64452,"Brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , Haneke 's portrait of an upper class Austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons",1 226185,"The action clichés just pile up .",0 236391,"that `` Pretty Woman '' wanted to be",1 191112,"a ponderous and pretentious endeavor",0 232691,"is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 72306,"a riveting , brisk delight",1 134310,"that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention",0 165750,"may find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",0 58522,"the murder",0 82162,"high standards",1 195673,"chokes on .",0 188551,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing ...",0 197902,"ennui-hobbled",0 132212,"several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is",0 39765,"very expressive",1 230260,"disguising this",0 129799,"out of reach",0 93763,"succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory",1 123269,"in-your-face family drama and black comedy",1 101652,"'s certainly an honest attempt to get at something",1 62852,"A college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing !",1 204228,"its leaden acting , dull exposition",1 169446,"puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness",0 100897,"worthwhile documentary",1 190420,"a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history",0 81300,"got to my inner nine-year-old",1 227675,"`` horrible '' and `` terrible",0 32346,"has two winning lead performances and charm to spare .",1 26965,"This Nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film . And just when you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane .",0 238552,"well-structured",1 210990,"see in each other also is difficult to fathom",0 48985,"an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 67765,"Nakata 's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects .",1 90996,"quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite",1 221140,", Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .",0 73256,"advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated",1 146040,"I do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .",0 33925,"keep both kids and parents entertained",1 193465,"as hilarious lunacy",1 233682,"makes it worth the trip to the theatre",1 43560,", credible",1 190404,"a crowd-pleaser , but then ,",1 7670,"is a sweet treasure and something",1 227197,"With jump cuts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , Yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .",0 90034,"pale successor",0 87218,"morality tale",1 168331,"oops",0 32077,"gives it an honest , lived-in glow .",1 216908,"to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",0 158778,"faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban , not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality check .",0 119353,"even the most jaded cinema audiences",1 217600,"too is a bomb .",0 116122,"both charming",1 102818,", sexually charged , but ultimately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act .",0 26679,"Susan Sarandon",1 138984,"very good acting",1 187548,"Starts out strongly",1 7978,"it treats women like idiots",0 4326,"a wry white man and",0 100353,"wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances",0 68,"( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative )",0 41538,"ambition and",1 127407,"most audacious ,",1 232185,"introduce video as art",1 182060,"A thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions .",0 160970,"he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque",0 111958,"a friend",1 163278,"is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving",1 13858,"Analyze That really is n't all that bad",1 86066,"like it 's a big , comforting jar of Marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness",0 218341,"used my two hours better watching",0 180447,", Signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype .",0 45319,"Friday-night excitement and",1 61389,"'ve marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world . Prepare to marvel again .",1 224199,"It 's like an old Warner Bros. costumer jived with sex --",1 227983,"a light , yet engrossing piece",1 176586,"too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style",0 107933,"Naipaul fans may be disappointed . Those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep .",0 124548,"is so poorly paced you could fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines .",0 51496,"false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative Hollywood practices",0 10962,"talents",1 158564,"evolving",1 199205,"for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works",0 124677,"is the far superior film .",1 173582,"the brilliant original",1 198138,"eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 171931,"starts gasping like a beached grouper .",0 60024,"well-directed",1 179949,"'s quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the Cannes Film Festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere",0 33076,"insightful and beautifully rendered film . One of the best of the year",1 126195,"listless , witless , and devoid of anything",0 214283,"the characters that made the first film such a delight",1 12674,"unlikable",0 92605,"shows deft comic timing .",1 46116,"Maud and Roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but LaBute pulls off a neater trick in Possession : He makes language sexy",1 130439,"por momentos",1 172985,"that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school",0 34762,"my favorite",1 170659,"seen such hilarity since Say It Is n't So",1 212082,"some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid",0 24467,"A splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness",1 205987,"meandering , and sometimes dry",0 204025,"it suffers from rampant vampire devaluation",0 221429,", it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while .",1 149210,"The advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap .",0 188761,"The uneven movie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them .",0 219088,"what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 113255,"accept the characters and the film , flaws and all",1 174829,"the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf",0 81298,"got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",1 123894,"is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious",0 46072,"Maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different , a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor .",1 224463,"Jirí Hubac 's script is a gem .",1 119176,"ensures that little of our emotional investment pays off",1 85094,"it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness",1 103814,"A punch line without a premise , a joke",0 19620,"a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie 's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible",1 30917,"does n't hold them in contempt",0 72709,"a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller",1 116987,"cinematic bon bons",1 24939,"Carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence",1 231923,"impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story '' with a straight face",0 53860,"it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity",1 103662,"A humorless journey into a philosophical void .",0 231282,"gorgeously elaborate continuation",1 145998,"I ca n't quite recommend it",0 10102,"rendered with such clarity",1 122062,"he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading",0 66928,"John Hughes comedy",1 179529,"'s a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni .",1 168370,"original in form",1 37197,"sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious",1 115292,"aware of his own coolness",1 201119,"hip hop fantasy",1 75368,"beautifully designed",1 77183,"confirms Tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence on the animé tradition and its defining philosophical conscience .",1 118574,"does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this .",0 181481,"? Sadly , as Blood Work proves , that was a long , long time ago .",0 112365,"a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .",0 30886,"do indeed feel for them",1 16801,"of the worst film comedies in decades",0 112159,"a jaunt down memory lane for teens",1 91266,"recalls the Cary Grant of Room",1 164196,"itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished",0 96741,"the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes",1 213892,"that the talented cast generally",1 49874,"brutal 90-minute battle sequence",0 60358,"with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances",1 52374,"has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work",1 119990,"few nonbelievers",1 20431,"easily crush it forever",0 128882,"of romantic obsession",1 204895,"lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",0 121485,"guarantees Karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .",1 183238,"Crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album",0 22839,"with sorrow , longing and love",1 97937,"to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness",0 103231,"... may put off insiders and outsiders alike .",0 232737,"is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process",1 190738,"a heartfelt story",1 107315,"King Lear",1 161116,"her narrative clichés and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera",0 165805,"means she must be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and Does n't Know How to Have Fun",0 47938,"a deep vein of sadness",0 111271,"Wow . I have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time .",0 77735,"dated",0 98173,"to like any of these despicable characters",0 38338,"the indulgent dead-end experimentation",0 59003,"this is a watchable movie that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been .",0 196193,"contrived and secondhand",0 30546,"current teen fare",0 111765,"a decent ` intro ' documentary",1 174655,"the right track",1 193674,"ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's",0 203999,"it probably will enjoy themselves",1 204404,"joyless special-effects excess",0 25011,"Collateral Damage finally delivers the goods for Schwarzenegger fans .",1 228835,"are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...",1 159048,"fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 183771,"Every joke is repeated at least",0 82926,"in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 32560,"his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --",1 184186,"Godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ... In Praise of Love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating .",0 77448,"could n't care less",0 142619,", we ca n't recommend anything but a rental for The Tuxedo",0 196960,"diminishing his stature",0 189541,"What 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but",0 120332,"for Blade II",1 234096,"never so vividly",1 115146,"at a rustic",1 33266,"is a small treasure , enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic",1 103409,"A baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows falls flat , and",0 83775,"is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .",1 62919,"A deft , delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph",1 39970,"what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates",1 7806,"is the kathie lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent",0 137328,"to a Harrison Ford low",0 128646,"of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures",1 195297,"café",1 148140,"Portentous and",1 147118,"Leigh 's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness ,",1 18159,"you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border",1 39326,"to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",0 70180,"This charming but slight tale has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed .",1 20855,"illuminated",1 45674,"Informative , intriguing , observant , often touching ... gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms .",1 169243,"pretentiously awful student films",0 75984,"broad cross-section",1 163435,"is that the faith of the Tonga people is in every way inferior to that of John",1 149417,"The film is directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future .",0 180230,"( Toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard ... blends uneasily with the titillating material",0 135902,"the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families",0 217357,"to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",0 211364,"shamelessly money-grubbing",0 1682,"makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and",0 41692,"capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy",1 110722,"Tootsie",1 188923,"They just have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way .",0 29361,"awesome",1 5038,"be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 188997,"This is as lax and limp a comedy as I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material .",0 60653,"'' Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",1 231867,"if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might .",0 202471,"invulnerable as its trademark villain",1 145355,"First good",1 130546,"prefer to keep on watching",1 104905,"Brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy",1 224147,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not",0 164423,"kill-by-numbers",0 228569,"an enthusiastic charm in Fire",1 153032,"akin to an act of cinematic penance",0 99558,"want to see over and over again",1 216562,"though Brown Sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle",1 204561,"kill the effect",0 63177,"A mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book",1 238750,"will at least have a dream image of the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle .",0 202722,"is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .",0 22011,"solid and affecting",1 185297,"It is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year . It 's just merely very bad .",0 197296,"does n't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast",0 32328,"has so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",1 24648,"An intelligent , earnest , intimate film",1 86299,"looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man",0 236402,"that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy",0 221733,"-- and gross",0 179577,"'s a terrible movie in every regard ,",0 175960,"to be posing , rather than acting",0 190297,"a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence",1 142301,", it is kind of enjoyable thanks mainly to Belushi 's easy-going likableness .",1 51108,"effortlessly regal charisma",1 123482,"intense experience",1 39153,"to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and BMX riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups",1 82504,"how to make us share their enthusiasm",1 48068,"a glorious spectacle",1 144758,"Delivers the same old same old , tarted up with Latin flava and turned out by Hollywood playas .",0 223673,"Hollywood Ending is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever .",0 80510,"four hankies",1 111381,"Zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance , but against all odds , nothing does .",1 43407,"( Grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle .",1 203428,"is so earnest in its yearning for the days",1 28404,"an underlying order throughout the chaos",1 215309,"the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations",0 151244,"` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more",0 173299,"that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps .",0 189018,"This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year",0 82572,"hymn and a cruel story of youth culture",0 62872,"A compelling pre-WWII drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message",1 116532,"called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 152906,"actor moments",1 9244,"of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half",0 47989,"a fairly effective one at that",1 179549,"'s a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex",0 113385,"add to the confusion",0 14777,"a lot to offer",1 202075,"in this case the Beast should definitely get top billing . Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in and steals the show",1 104282,"An energetic and engaging film that never pretends to be something it is n't .",1 32097,"glitches",0 221683,", wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .",1 19730,"an Italian superstar",1 3161,"whose lessons are well worth",1 53661,"is the heart and soul of cinema",1 127436,"most immediate and most obvious pleasure",1 152322,"a re-hash",0 174668,"the sad decline of British comedies",0 126991,"meets-John",1 152261,"a preschooler 's fancy , but",1 47753,"Zhang 's last film , the cuddly Shower ,",1 123802,"is a pleasant enough dish",1 125215,"its costars , Spader",1 142458,", tasteless",0 142260,", it 's also rarely coherent .",0 94861,"that should please history fans",1 76313,"can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . '",1 199032,"flat manner",0 10910,"swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe",0 187560,"Stealing Harvard will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .",0 185279,"It follows the Blair Witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and",0 115833,"being stupid",0 2830,"they probably thought were funniest",1 122146,"her capable cast",1 61167,"'s not an easy movie to watch and will probably disturb many who see it",0 112218,"a little underconfident",0 65364,"Even if you 've seen '' Stomp '' ( the stage show ) , you still have to see this !",1 205454,"loud , ugly , irritating",0 54034,"juicy soap opera",1 132965,"something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense",1 55683,"offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone",1 202889,"is essentially a series of fleetingly interesting actors ' moments .",1 55131,"not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . Instead , he shows them the respect they are due",1 7010,"has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies",0 99615,"was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends",1 80722,"full of cheesy dialogue ,",0 62840,"A chilling movie without oppressive gore .",1 69248,"The Bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand ,",1 40133,"will savor every minute of Cox 's work .",1 176424,"to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development",0 92764,"skillful and moving",1 103410,"A baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows falls flat , and if you 're going to alter the Bard 's ending , you 'd better have a good alternative",0 157779,"does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else .",0 236452,"that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie",0 49747,"blab and",0 142468,", the creepiness would have gotten under the skin .",0 86926,"may not be a great piece of filmmaking",0 138440,"turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl",1 44200,"A pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings , the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable",1 165510,"make his mark",1 201867,"in excess layers of hipness",0 142353,", more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness",0 18864,"Fat",0 61135,"'s never as solid",0 95200,"the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made",1 209014,"painfully flat",0 218392,"vacuous",0 43016,"win any points",1 60569,"you do n't want to use your brain .",0 34500,"miniscule little",0 154834,"be this dumb",0 114561,"are blunt and",0 64438,"Bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time .",1 203701,"is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous .",0 60375,"with quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious",1 99489,"vivid personality",1 133632,"superb performers",1 195647,"cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences ,",0 221034,"'ve got seven days left to live .",0 197716,"eighth-grader",1 92613,"shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places",0 188920,"They do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but",1 105358,"Del Toro has brought unexpected gravity to Blade II",1 41027,"It uses an old-time formula , it 's not terribly original and it 's rather messy",0 206892,"negatives",0 126889,"may fall fast asleep",0 203093,"is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance ,",0 53115,"inspirational screenplay",1 226302,"The heat of the moment prevails .",1 183740,"Even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .",0 158590,"exceed",1 209506,"ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon",0 205648,"make a hip comedy",1 72933,"about death",0 56971,"shows the promise of digital filmmaking",1 203136,"is muted",0 235530,"see who can out-bad-act the other",0 34044,"liberated",1 133287,"sticky and unsatisfied",0 50695,"deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them",0 128057,"nod in agreement",1 14164,"It 's obviously struck a responsive chord with many South Koreans , and should work its magic in other parts of the world .",1 100220,"wildcard",0 16325,"it 's so clever you want to hate it . But he somehow pulls it off .",1 19949,"are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial .",1 82743,"important , original talent",1 15604,"droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy",1 23849,", scariest movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others .",1 106723,"In theory , a middle-aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor sounds promising",1 64548,"Burns 's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen",1 49732,"big selling point",1 49957,"by the cool presence of Jean Reno",1 75661,"bias",0 165766,"may sound like it was co-written by Mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry",0 110332,"There 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence",1 160820,"have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 180434,", Pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .",0 140341,"witty expose",1 80838,"fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film .",1 223140,"Dignified CEO 's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree .",0 158473,"eventually becomes too heavy for the plot .",0 194807,"book-on-tape",0 117243,"comes out on video",1 160264,"good performance",1 185268,"It desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time",0 123797,"is a nervy , risky film",1 30671,"delightfully",1 17378,"take their relationships into deeper waters",1 174416,"the novel charm that made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",1 64574,"By and large this is Mr . Kilmer 's movie , and it 's his strongest performance since The Doors .",1 178157,"which obviously did n't invest much into itself either",0 118454,"do n't have a clue on the park",0 71926,"a love letter for the slain rappers",1 164780,"less-than-magic kingdom",0 57281,"spook-a-rama",1 26857,"The movie 's quiet affirmation",1 197689,"easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing",0 203519,"is that it does n't make any sense .",0 78487,"does pack some serious suspense",1 171563,"some charm and heart",1 155427,"bother to rent this on video",0 84863,"it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say",1 86921,"may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark",0 141388,"'s just incredibly dull",0 208813,"other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --",0 174548,"the poignancy of a Hallmark card",0 199994,"gloomy film noir veil",0 185641,"Kung Pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk",0 78690,"duty and love",1 59164,"to a pat resolution",1 65861,"Great performances , stylish cinematography and",1 236596,"that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",0 67868,"None of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either , and",0 50303,"commands the screen",1 181588,"A culture clash comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is .",0 56319,"put off everyone",0 7276,"i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood .",0 112945,"a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film",1 205601,"made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",1 6644,"formulaic",0 180765,", it would still be beyond comprehension",0 132306,"shoot themselves",0 12818,"waits until after halftime to get started",0 47346,"This bracingly truthful antidote to Hollywood teenage movies that slather Clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty .",1 217803,"tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film",0 164843,"lighter and sunnier",1 171899,"standard , stiff TV-style animation",0 71603,"a fantastic dual performance",1 200628,"has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 209995,"quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism",0 59366,"to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food",1 227546,"`` Nicholas Nickleby '' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year .",1 215623,"the sketchiest",0 197790,"emotionally at least )",1 199030,"flat characters",0 59644,"undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts",0 70900,"While somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one",1 65198,"Drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but Turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst",1 162548,"is Dawn of the Dead crossed with John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second .",0 224718,"Manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week",0 213101,"take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters",0 77444,"could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice",1 68428,"Rich in shadowy metaphor",1 23973,", we can enjoy it anyway .",1 73769,"an especially well-executed television movie",1 52721,"hope for popular cinema",1 231862,"idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 232272,"is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music .",1 68596,"Satin Rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity .",1 82384,"hitting below the belt",0 166598,"neat little story",1 121530,"had from films crammed with movie references",1 141210,"'s also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views",0 40616,"-- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides",1 153723,"anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all",0 172877,"that 1982 's Tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh",0 187114,"Satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his R&D people , and has decided he will just screen The Master of Disguise 24/7 .",0 8572,"love and",1 78117,"did n't Hollywood think of this sooner",1 169738,"real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",1 197298,"does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful",0 176641,"too many ideas",0 182089,"A waterlogged version of ` Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads .",0 143349,"A soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn",0 171836,"spread too thin",0 100333,"winning and wildly fascinating work",1 14106,"I was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory .",0 234655,"on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script",1 111158,"Wildly incompetent but brilliantly named Half Past Dead -- or for Seagal pessimists : Totally Past His Prime .",0 179506,"'s a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 190512,"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating ,",1 100291,"will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and",1 225838,"So original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .",1 109614,"The big ending surprise almost saves the movie . It 's too bad that the rest is n't more compelling .",0 111568,"a bland murder-on-campus yawner .",0 110431,"This deeply spiritual film taps",1 2315,"smoother",1 128078,"nonsensical",0 137834,"to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 177241,"unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and",0 95709,"the finest films of the year",1 84345,"is kind of special",1 30198,"classism",0 110776,"Tsai Ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , What Time Is It There ? ,",1 189925,"You can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise .",0 215698,"the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",0 81509,"halfhearted",0 35447,"of the emotional development of the delicate characters",1 88720,"of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey",0 154997,"been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 106868,"It 's easy to love Robin Tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices .",0 222210,"Aggravating and tedious",0 105230,"Cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . Not as good as the original , but",1 216050,"them are funny",1 18306,"'s rather messy",0 46555,"Probably the best case for Christianity",1 167986,"often overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place .",0 115834,"being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be",0 66235,"Idemoto and Kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger",1 13460,"'s happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way .",1 189596,"What might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of Woody Allen or Mel Brooks ( at least during their '70s heyday ) comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature .",0 102633,", it 's pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But there 's plenty to offend everyone ...",0 165463,"madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 185704,"Lazily directed by Charles Stone III ... from a leaden script by Matthew Cirulnick and novelist Thulani Davis .",0 19195,"Provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of Todd Solondz .",1 4259,"a universal product",1 151967,"a listless climb",0 10266,"savvy director robert j . siegel",1 167666,"of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making",0 90382,"pleasant enough",1 225520,"Provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies --",1 103884,"A small gem from Belgium",1 223434,"From both a great and a terrible story , Mr. Nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .",1 119665,"fairly pretty",1 93200,"somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles",0 28272,"ambiguous",1 116649,"canned humor",0 131993,"seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it .",1 118015,"delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation",0 218248,"unremittingly ugly movie",0 124649,"is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally",0 169677,"raunchy language",0 68354,"Read My Lips",0 142082,", and irritating",0 44891,"Charles ' entertaining film",1 118095,"describe how bad it is",0 56727,"scariest movies to come along in a long , long time ,",1 71781,"a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort",1 20125,"blurred",0 130273,"play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special",0 11715,"the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated .",0 112495,"a potentially sudsy set-up",0 155219,"big laugh",1 25546,"Highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply , but those who loved Cool as Ice have at last found a worthy follow-up .",1 140321,"without respite",0 124286,"is n't more compelling",0 168103,"on poo and pee jokes",0 154152,"as cute as all get-out",1 212437,"stages his gags",0 222595,"Berry 's saucy",1 78995,"engaging and exciting narrative",1 163764,"it does go on forever .",0 113,"a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",1 116731,"carries us effortlessly from darkness",1 69476,"The dragons are the real stars of Reign of Fire and you wo n't be disappointed",1 92762,"skilfully",1 226701,"This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but",0 68799,"Simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular New Yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .",1 214434,"the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",1 195085,"but uninvolving",0 36205,"provide a spell-casting beauty",1 63887,"An escapist confection that 's pure entertainment .",1 191028,"a neat twist",1 220217,"you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it . If you go , pack your knitting needles",0 41877,"examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen ,",1 68137,"Paul Cox needed to show it .",0 122140,"her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,",0 173253,"that this story is too goofy",0 220578,"'ll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story . ''",0 75490,"before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon",0 103968,"A very pretty after-school special",1 170130,"ridiculous dialog",0 225277,"Offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in .",0 47160,"The most compelling Wiseman epic",1 235374,"right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",1 82545,"humane",1 112630,"a riveting movie experience",1 29074,"are so terrific at conveying their young angst",1 212496,"stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie .",0 202550,"is a bowser",0 127354,"more slowly",0 170532,"see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 78549,"downright creepy",0 83143,"in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers",1 110152,"The sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give Blade fans another look at Wesley Snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once .",0 104384,"An unusually dry-eyed , even analytical approach to material that is generally",1 33362,"is enlightening",1 46306,"Neither Parker nor Donovan is a typical romantic lead , but they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula",1 167982,"often hackneyed or just plain crude , calculated to provoke shocked laughter , without following up on a deeper level",0 163879,"it never moves beyond their surfaces",0 96443,"the power of strong voices",1 4243,"a triumph , however ,",1 205120,"like whether compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people",0 67930,"O Fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and",1 112496,"a powerful , naturally dramatic piece",1 42147,"is a blast of educational energy",1 3817,"a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer",0 32781,"impressive as its American counterpart , '' In the Bedroom",1 186482,"Nothing more than four or five mild chuckles",0 100326,"wind-in-the-hair exhilarating",1 165483,"major stunt Seagal 's",1 114054,"an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 45175,"Even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st Century .",1 49832,"brilliantly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished .",1 92231,"self-centered",0 140133,"with daring and verve",1 195252,"ca n't accuse Kung Pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . Unfortunately",0 110192,"The strength of the film lies in its two central performances by Sven Wollter as the stricken composer and Viveka Seldahl as his desperate violinist wife .",1 149130,"The Other Side of Heaven that subtly undermines its message of Christian love and compassion",0 70034,"The word that comes to mind , while watching Eric Rohmer 's tribute to a courageous Scottish lady",1 133098,"spectacle and pacing",1 66722,"It is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus ,",1 203781,"it 's not as pathetic as The Animal .",1 143766,"An unclassifiably awful study in self - and audience-abuse .",0 158099,"earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle",0 685,"certainly",1 30138,"cheesy effects",0 215372,"the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if Kaos had n't blown them all up",0 66709,"It establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .",1 105220,"Contempt",0 135024,"the cleverest",1 67722,"Murder by Numbers ' is n't a great movie , but",0 42159,"is actually",1 125540,"justify his exercise",0 75769,"blues",0 79361,"everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for",1 238373,"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost",0 18152,"you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book",1 1726,"messy",0 64809,"Conversations About One Thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling",1 1102,"gorgeous",1 136108,"the rare common-man artist",1 56450,"recreates a place and time that will never happen again",1 61977,", intermittently powerful study",1 202213,"inexcusable",0 203159,"is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be .",0 170108,"rhetorical",0 28455,"and Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive",1 54221,"liberal doses",0 155861,"ca n't recommend it",0 81633,"has a real filmmaker 's eye",1 137672,"to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family",1 205497,"low-budget affair",0 32643,"hood rats butt their ugly heads",0 199709,"future Lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter",0 182056,"A thriller without a lot of thrills",0 42535,"refreshingly honest and",1 114081,"an indisputably spooky film",1 132853,"solidly connect with one demographic while",1 23196,"'s yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep",0 202179,"indeed , the first half of Sorority Boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens",0 151766,"a freak show ,",0 41427,"a compelling journey ... and ''",1 123387,"inimitable Diaz",1 200140,"goofy , life-affirming moments",1 80431,"forefront",1 24607,"An amazing and incendiary movie that",1 233855,"might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",0 211989,"so packed with subplots involving the various Silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 152819,"absolutely deja vu",0 105886,"Fred Schepisi 's film is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors",0 197123,"distinctly minor",0 121502,"gut-wrenching examination",1 86405,"low-budget constraints",0 16740,"of heart",1 238805,"will wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned",0 54131,"knucklehead swill",0 195915,"come from seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie and watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell .",0 202518,"is -- to its own detriment -- much",0 41698,"celebrates the human spirit and",1 87379,"most appealing",1 109078,"Sometimes there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely .",0 60937,"'s an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal .",1 115382,"bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene",1 64203,"Awesome work :",1 9798,"powerful ,",1 159401,"for cable rather than for the big screen",0 204788,"learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy",1 160821,"have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature",1 238662,"which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",1 198733,"feels like a glossy rehash",0 149727,"The piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones .",0 9153,"nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 30449,"courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion",1 221786,"... a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ...",0 116880,"charming in comedies like American Pie and",1 20996,"is a treat .",1 202388,"into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary",0 170321,"same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept",0 76829,"cling to the edge of your seat",1 206072,"mesmerised",1 74751,"as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die",1 214481,"the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such",1 19402,"Wannabes",0 100317,"willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching",1 26752,"The acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding",1 226001,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls '' and last year 's `` Rollerball . ''",1 221979,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips is an original .",1 189792,"With little visible talent and no energy , Colin Hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .",0 34404,"maturity",1 145602,"God help the poor woman if Attal is this insecure in real life : his fictional Yvan 's neuroses are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse .",0 138623,"undernourished",0 4212,"a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy .",1 213835,"that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey",0 202630,"is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like Them",0 10804,"stylistically",1 49867,"brooding",0 110202,"The thing about guys like Evans is this : You 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . But as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care",1 55933,"paranoid",0 124164,"is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import",1 139520,"wet burlap sack",0 238567,"were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 72752,"a very good time",1 104556,"At 90 minutes this movie is short , but it feels much longer .",0 209517,"poor acting",0 147840,"Obstacles are too easily overcome and there is n't much in the way of character development in the script .",0 210585,"rises to its clever what-if concept",1 112910,"a total washout",0 11029,"thank",1 71953,"a masterfully",1 223964,"If you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out",1 126841,"match his ambition",1 18603,"A very witty take on change , risk and romance",1 224392,"It strikes hardest ... when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain .",1 233283,"lacks in outright newness",0 108747,"Sand and Musset are worth particular attention",1 68899,"Sometimes this ` Blood ' seems as tired as its protagonist",0 142825,"... turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock .",0 162332,"interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic",1 98268,"to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 111159,"Will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .",1 108829,"Seagal ran out of movies years ago ,",0 91725,"rises to its full potential",1 235387,"rocks .",1 233837,"merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way",0 187510,"Spreads itself too thin",0 114308,"animated filmmaking since old Walt",1 220642,"'re the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid .",0 213014,"suspense , surprise and",1 157293,"depressing but rewarding",1 44139,"A knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth",1 185149,"It 's mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable .",0 148724,"Some actors steal scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor . This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but he 's the most obvious one .",0 7435,"in its chicken heart , crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises",0 204931,"lifeless execution",0 84854,"it 's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own .",1 181577,"A complete waste of time",0 218559,"virtually no understanding of it",0 46269,"Much as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization , Haneke has a different objective in mind -- namely",1 7729,"is its essential problem",0 27863,"a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know",1 32965,"in the true potential of the medium",1 71287,"a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining",1 174283,"the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment",1 37575,"taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot",1 22277,"the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth .",1 205342,"look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then",0 140311,"without clobbering the audience over the head",1 8922,"much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 47714,"Yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with Shimizu is very believable",1 110291,"There 's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker .",0 79719,"fat , dumb",0 35029,"nuanced in mood tics and dialogue",1 173159,"that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia",0 37255,"spot",1 209083,"particularly amateurish",0 81565,"hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ...",1 5206,"blown his entire budget",0 124945,"it counts heart as important as humor",1 124322,"is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest",0 72463,"a solid action pic",1 108048,"Not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers -- it 's a spirited film and a must-see",1 24368,"A lighthearted , feel-good film that embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is",1 21808,"rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain",1 203584,"is this so boring",0 59372,"to the best European directors",1 218638,"walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome .",0 238835,"with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever",1 36448,"reinvented",1 96304,"the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 . Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything",1 111641,"a clashing mother\/daughter relationship",0 9672,"perfectly captures",1 221097,"( `` Take Care of My Cat '' ) is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals .",1 192607,"an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies",1 212666,"stretched out to feature",0 175023,"the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York )",1 218642,"wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle",0 81596,"has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care ,",1 61449,"( Hayek ) throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto ,",1 77847,"defend himself",1 141357,"'s hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends",0 125233,"its diverting grim message is a good one",1 175082,"theater programming",0 198078,"even fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting",0 108744,"Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1 163412,"is taking another bummer of a wrong turn .",0 3843,"a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality ,",1 28273,"ambiguous icon",1 99665,"watch these two together",1 153684,"any kind of intelligible story",0 73476,"allowing us to find the small , human moments , and",1 155744,"by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject",0 200425,"happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares",0 71733,"a gloriously goofy way",1 192437,"an abused , inner-city autistic",0 93258,"sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care",1 33915,"just lost his wife",0 111909,"a film in the tradition of The Graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant",0 62831,"A charmer",1 41347,"This warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and",1 81170,"go to Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 100857,"works smoothly",1 49570,"beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema",1 76511,"catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images",1 166666,"never become important to us",0 122338,"his intellectual rigor or",1 105087,"Cho 's previous concert comedy film",1 218039,"ultimate insignificance",0 37845,"that keeps you in your seat",1 174302,"the most legendary of Asian hitmen",1 188466,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther , but",0 98944,"undeniably intriguing film",1 157958,"dreamlike glide",1 185857,"Long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .",0 169229,"pretentious ,",0 21127,"it successful and accessible",1 192857,"another run-of-the-mill Disney sequel",0 105977,"Ghandi gone bad",0 192176,"all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own",0 36700,"scope and detail",1 54891,"most remarkable",1 182446,"An unfortunate title",0 146348,"Intriguing documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject .",1 77106,"complex , unpredictable character",1 102647,", it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",0 188064,"The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil .",0 145187,"Even those of a single digit age will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for Disney .",0 233693,"makes the heart soar",1 113921,"an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",1 138493,"ugly , mean-spirited lashing",0 99408,"viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale",1 129367,"on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 45633,"If you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy .",1 38672,"the startling optimism ,",1 210117,"raw emotion",1 175161,"there 's no better film than Half Past Dead .",1 97968,"to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life",1 146558,"It 's not original",0 118786,"dumb gags , anatomical humor ,",0 232550,"is more a case of ` Sacre bleu",0 172588,"technical triumph",1 232751,"is sordid and disgusting",0 125726,"lameness",0 234468,"of naiveté and sophistication",1 82820,"in Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles",1 195163,"by folks worthy of scorn",0 125713,"lacks what little Lilo & Stitch had in",0 139278,"was worse .",0 128185,"noticeably derivative",0 123478,"intelligent humor",1 122444,"hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and",0 41086,"Morton is a great actress portraying a complex character ,",1 221081,"( T ) he film is never sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation .",0 204878,"less sophisticated audiences",0 183636,"Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson have a cute partnership in I Spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good",0 27779,"a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour",1 47094,"The filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and",1 215597,"the shallow sensationalism characteristic",0 135418,"the friendship",1 78746,"economical grace",1 33576,"it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen",1 193183,"are simply too bland to be interesting .",0 76858,"coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film",1 183866,"Fans will undoubtedly enjoy it ,",1 114951,"as it is for Angelique",1 163626,"it 's also simple-minded and contrived",0 81819,"hate it for the same reason",0 14937,"almost anthropologically detailed realization",1 167850,"of their Lord as a luv-spreading Dr . Feelgood or omnipotent slacker",0 96733,"the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers",1 13718,"... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today .",1 231566,"have decades of life as a classic movie franchise",1 8363,"laughable",0 205110,"like the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form",0 38896,"they have unearthed a rare gem",1 180754,", it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .",0 15710,"exhilarate",1 82386,"hitting the audience over the head with a moral",0 131,"a certain style and wit to the dialogue",1 51992,"fun with it",1 24872,"Bourne , Jason Bourne . He can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent , he 'll get the girl . He 's Super Spy !",1 223373,"First-time director João Pedro Rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations",0 36753,"seem more like disturbing hallucinations",0 87891,"no conversion effort",0 71790,"a happy , heady jumble",1 224644,"Lilo & Stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen",0 192505,"an autopilot Hollywood concoction",0 151435,"a by-the-numbers patient\/doctor pic",0 153241,"ambiguous and nothing",1 73808,"an iconoclastic artist",1 23539,", but with his affection for Astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow .",1 185078,"It 's been 20 years since 48 Hrs . made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . But his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old .",0 39966,"what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",1 141088,"'s a bad , embarrassing movie",0 102851,", talented , charismatic and tragically",1 132313,"shooting fish in a barrel",0 181522,"A banal , virulently unpleasant excuse",0 119106,"engross",1 84245,"is given life when A Selection appears in its final form ( in '' Last Dance '' ) .",1 192090,"aimless , arduous",0 200653,"has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance",0 217676,"too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video/DVD category",0 226377,"The movie is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll",1 115567,"be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers",1 187233,"Shame on writer/director Vicente Aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull",0 14675,"a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes",1 174817,"the story 's least interesting subject",0 145610,"Godawful",0 142537,", their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 177094,"unclear",0 107299,"Kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie . And adults will at least have a dream image of the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle .",1 169256,"pretty good .",1 223917,"If it were any more of a turkey",0 17009,"puffery",0 84226,"is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .",1 202406,"into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 218312,"uplifting drama",1 63262,"A poignant comedy that offers food for",1 84021,"is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground",1 180739,", it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .",0 217189,"to make absurdist observations",0 90907,"pure adrenalin",1 136513,"the very definition of epic adventure",1 3030,"us",1 212021,"so-five-minutes-ago pop music",0 101978,"'s understanding of the expressive power of the camera .",1 26802,"The film 's sharp , often mischievous sense of humor will catch some off guard ...",1 129299,"offers nothing",0 208849,"out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés .",0 71326,"a brilliant piece",1 220025,"worst elements",0 136919,"this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition .",0 50877,"disaster",0 91450,"remarkable procession of sweeping pictures",1 227129,"While not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart , `` In the Bedroom , '' Moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations",1 238077,"too-frosty exterior",0 15843,"from perfect",1 213838,"that solid acting can do for a movie",1 193768,"at least passably real",1 73447,"all the right ways",1 193036,"are all direct-to-video stuff",0 13491,", Children of the Century ... takes Kurys ' career to a whole new level .",1 98229,"to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state .",1 140230,"with strange and wonderful creatures",1 215539,"the same old bad trip",0 213783,"that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves",1 74029,"and engaging examination",1 8140,"its simplicity",1 223988,"If you open yourself up to Mr. Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set ... it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change .",1 129573,"one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but",1 204274,"its own quirky hipness",1 70849,"When twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given",0 35920,"passionate",1 53061,"incredibly layered and stylistic film",1 96204,"the most watchable film",1 135013,"the cinematic canon",1 159593,"formulaic conflict resolutions",0 223713,"Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale , but Time Out is better",1 189192,"To the filmmakers , Ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit .",0 214682,"the five writers",1 162664,"is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours .",0 153316,"an all-time low in Sorority Boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 81553,"happy , heady jumble",1 229926,"comic fan",1 139008,"very special type",1 71,"( shyamalan ) turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count",1 153883,"are more grating than engaging",0 4299,"a well-made",1 71647,"a film of freshness , imagination and insight",1 73897,"an irresistible blend of warmth and humor",1 16073,"human comedy",1 168011,"old quickly .",0 66093,"I 'd take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time .",1 12092,"there are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory .",1 47993,"a fairly slow paced ,",0 25088,"Dead Gorgeous",1 147744,"None of these characters resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter .",0 118983,"emerges as powerful rather than cloying",1 16076,"humanizing",1 42307,"love the way",1 146224,"If we do n't demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose , we deserve the trash that we get .",0 26569,"Sharp , lively , funny and ultimately sobering film .",1 107398,"Laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling",1 233947,"more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution",1 80074,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue",1 152986,"affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry",1 117244,"comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good",0 163805,"it has a dull , costumey feel",0 195360,"can be numbing . Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever",0 150385,"To call The Other Side of Heaven '' appalling ''",0 215033,"the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and",0 2247,"settled comfortably",1 234639,"often strains",0 105871,"Franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler",1 153107,"all the ` classic '",1 124404,"is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but",1 69992,"The tasteful little revision works",1 79264,"even the corniest and",0 216032,"their parents , wise folks that they are",1 143286,"A real clunker .",0 180766,", its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .",0 60671,"'' is suitable summer entertainment",1 224129,"It 's a ripper of a yarn and",1 185761,"Like a fish that 's lived too long , Austin Powers in Goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places .",0 167049,"nrelentingly stupid",0 98593,"touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of Eudora Welty",1 288,"a very moving and revelatory",1 29076,"are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 104312,"An exhausting family drama",0 20904,"in our hearts for acceptance",1 19042,"Kinnear 's performance is razor sharp .",1 201692,"impressive performances",1 11040,"that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked",0 213445,"than to call attention to themselves",1 31289,"every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",0 139221,"warmest",1 74700,"as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die",1 188169,"The film did n't convince me that Calvin Jr . 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side .",0 76951,"comedy goes",1 209240,"persuades you , with every scene ,",1 149674,"The only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound .",0 57337,"steers clear of the sensational and",1 15490,"crudely constructed",0 2277,"sick and twisted",0 28823,"and suspenseful",1 53843,"it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",1 95364,"the condescending stereotypes",0 186777,"Pretend like your SAT scores are below 120",0 219453,"wide-smiling",1 192590,"an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 118908,"effective moments",1 115348,"bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness",0 201586,"if they were jokes",0 188356,"The modern-day characters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones .",0 129090,"of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up",0 147631,"Needless to say",0 220647,"'s ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions",0 71801,"a head-turner",1 120265,"float like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees .",1 135472,"the grandeur of the best Next Generation episodes is lacking",0 153335,"an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri .",0 59992,"wears its empowerment on its sleeve",1 231898,"if you ca n't pronounce `` gyro '' correctly",0 110911,"Waiting for Godard can be fruitful : ` In Praise of Love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .",1 92233,"self-conscious but often hilarious",1 198998,"fits the profile too closely",1 184690,"I liked the movie , but I know I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further .",1 110666,"To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest .",1 80536,"fresh and absorbing",1 85043,"it has some problems .",0 45682,"Intacto 's luckiest stroke",1 209298,"pitifully unromantic",0 206721,"murderous ambition",1 148731,"Some elements of it really blow the big one , but",0 27376,"a big part of why we go to the movies",1 53146,"intensely lived",1 103012,", well-shaped dramas",1 129591,"one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film Oscar : Make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture",1 10414,"shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 124017,"is effective if you stick with it",1 52168,"go see this delightful comedy .",1 22071,"strangely soulful movie",1 111925,"a filmmaker of impressive talent",1 72092,"a pale successor",0 121842,"has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense",1 92998,"so vividly",1 217926,"turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film",0 154813,"be sincere",1 25081,"Dazzling",1 143644,"Almost gags on its own gore",0 126446,"love story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre .",1 181714,"A glossy knock-off of a B-movie revenge",0 199040,"flattening its momentum with about an hour to go",0 16635,"n't win any points for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",1 97952,"to being very funny",1 147022,"Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea",0 134897,"the best Korean film",1 84506,"is one film that 's truly deserving of its Oscar nomination",1 23209,"( A ) superbly controlled , passionate adaptation of Graham Greene 's 1955 novel .",1 212551,"sterling film",1 133537,"succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system",1 156168,"charges",1 21691,"particularly that unexpected downer of an ending",0 145892,"How on earth , or anywhere else , did director Ron Underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this ?",0 41215,"Starts off with a bang",1 21338,"mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage .",1 47674,"Woody Allen seems to have bitterly forsaken",0 209946,"put through torture",0 171347,"smell this turkey rotting from miles away",0 50745,"delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition",1 102981,", unaccountable direction is technically sophisticated in the worst way .",0 39767,"very fine movie -- go see it",1 166670,"never clearly defines his characters",0 90013,"painful and",0 182252,"All too familiar ... basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938 .",0 51158,"empathize with others",1 186530,"Once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand",0 84009,"is an inspirational love story ,",1 27021,"This warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .",1 57985,"the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner 's rousing score",1 143707,"An ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong :",0 101294,"zings along with vibrance and warmth .",1 92552,"should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters",1 60583,"you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better",1 223468,"García Bernal and Talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out .",1 49796,"both the glad-handing and",0 207610,"of an intriguing curiosity",1 44030,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips is an original . This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent",1 721,"comfortably",1 97394,"this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario",1 170858,"she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",0 149254,"The cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big ... and the setting remains indistinct",0 82875,"in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking",1 130901,"quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant",0 101362,"'d be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than Evelyn this year",0 118386,"distinctive discourse",0 188295,"The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy",0 71088,"XXX",0 170140,"right-on",1 219021,"well-meaning and sincere",1 208208,"of too many story lines",0 168875,"pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution",0 185009,"It 's a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson ,",1 175417,"this ill-conceived folly",0 102284,", Jacquot seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set .",0 92901,"smile",1 70694,"Watching these two actors play",1 37309,"stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions",1 105635,"Engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched .",1 213575,"that barely fizzle",0 62365,", thought-provoking New York fest",1 94941,"that was hard for me to warm up to",0 21337,"mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage",1 193825,"atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 155650,"but weirdly unemotional spectacle",0 17929,"unfortunately",0 24319,"A deliciously mordant",1 163494,"is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",0 63408,"A solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony .",1 198663,"feel like three hours .",0 217853,"truly gorgeous",1 170818,"shallowly",0 109858,"The film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , ' but the emphasis on the latter leaves Blue Crush waterlogged",0 155097,"believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 62309,", the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers .",1 115449,"be a rarity in Hollywood",1 118978,"embarrassment and others",0 71462,"a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely",1 82189,"hilarious ode",1 108077,"Nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives",0 127137,"miscalculation",0 44776,"Brian Tufano 's handsome widescreen photography",1 140501,"worthwhile effort",1 50730,"delightful stimulus",1 120796,"fudged opportunity",0 79474,"explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled",1 68366,"Real Women may have many agendas , but it also will win you over , in a big way .",1 125231,"its director 's cut glory",1 121078,"gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other",1 139423,"wears down the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements",0 81999,"he provides a strong itch to explore more",1 11631,"the most high-concept sci fi adventures",1 77528,"created a provocative ,",1 189291,"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 .",0 158046,"dumb action-movie standards",0 230329,"does Steven Seagal come across these days ?",0 85211,"its charms",1 72539,"a straight face",1 32185,"great fun",1 233512,"long for the end credits",0 114479,"appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived",0 196199,"contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and",0 58986,"this elegant entertainment",1 216477,"this silly con job",0 111873,"a fascinating profile",1 130806,"punch line",1 200442,"hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film",0 224789,"Michael Moore 's Bowling for Columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` Are we a sick society ? '",1 224307,"It has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect",1 2278,"sickly",0 180229,"( Toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard ...",0 213552,"that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen",0 48805,"allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .",1 224960,"Mr. Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .",1 24909,"But if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here .",1 229516,"but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds .",1 211597,"silent , lumpish cipher",0 137735,"to mention absolutely refreshed",1 31265,"even the most cynical curmudgeon",0 183216,"Cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos ,",1 203412,"is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .",0 58580,"the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche .",1 12791,"villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows )",0 110287,"There 's a lot of tooth in Roger Dodger .",1 228754,"are Oscar-size",1 37765,"that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding",1 27764,"a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it",1 105609,"Elegantly produced and expressively performed , the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .",1 92971,"so marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 163064,"is n't as easy to come by as it used to be",0 193195,"are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material .",0 106512,"I saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops",0 174464,"the original any particular dishonor",0 116333,"but not very Imaxy",0 92185,"seen it all before in one form or another",0 196435,"crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies",0 123854,"is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",0 215929,"the worst kind of mythologizing",0 38354,"the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache",0 180560,", but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes .",0 18418,", heartbeat-like",1 100627,"with superb performances throughout",1 143900,"As conceived by Mr . Schaeffer , Christopher and Grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell .",0 121365,"got the brawn , but not the brains",0 81984,"he does best",1 191058,"a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test",0 95061,"the R rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse",0 35050,"observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality",1 224292,"It falls far short of poetry",0 58075,"the best sports movie I 've ever seen",1 149213,"The adventure does n't contain half the excitement of Balto , or quarter the fun of Toy Story 2 .",0 235122,"pure '",1 66971,"Just offbeat enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over .",1 119615,"exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters .",1 213862,"that tell the best story",1 120024,"filled with people who just want to live their lives",1 219508,"will get you thinking , ` Are we there yet",0 44784,"Broadway",1 183475,"Disguise 24/7",0 177328,"us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry",1 203372,"is rote drivel aimed at Mom and Dad 's wallet",0 79564,"fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals",0 185622,"Kirkegaard",1 112795,"a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic",0 2349,"some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights",1 224589,"Leave these Flowers unpicked -- they 're dead on the vine",0 129844,"over-the-top trash",0 44695,"Bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show , and anybody contemplating their own drastic life changes should watch Some Body first .",1 132247,"sharp as the original",1 14136,"In its ragged , cheap and unassuming way , the movie works .",1 87591,"much further than we imagine",1 58352,"the greater beause director",1 84665,"is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 43339,"'s the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .",1 17961,"very funny movie",1 132315,"shootings , beatings",0 125872,"leaves Blue Crush waterlogged",0 60257,"will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein 's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of Denmark 's Dogma movement",1 205779,"managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 205362,"looking down at your watch and realizing Serving Sara is n't even halfway through",0 134437,"that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 20670,"good old fashion romance and someone",1 58405,"the illogic of its characters",0 168647,"pandering middle-age",0 124579,"is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .",1 207126,"noise , mayhem and stupidity",0 188163,"The film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but",1 45067,"Director Claude Chabrol has become the master of innuendo . It is not what you see",1 144372,"Care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up ,",1 32713,"ice water",1 211802,"sloppily",0 37352,"stimulates the higher brain functions as well as the libido",1 198242,"exaggerated and",0 177810,"weaker than most",0 73789,"an exquisite , unfakable sense",1 156179,"charm and good",1 125811,"lavish grandeur",1 88425,"of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work",1 109673,"The complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary Chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen",1 29637,"blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and underwritten",0 88946,"of the Oscar Wilde play",1 161964,"in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness",0 231708,"hilariously , gloriously alive ,",1 207072,"no one can hear you snore",0 13200,"without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 79769,"feel-good family comedy",1 11110,"that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 102588,", incomprehensible , vicious and absurd",0 80886,"generally smart casting",1 65332,"Eric Byler 's nuanced pic",1 127825,"need comforting fantasies about mental illness",0 79343,"every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians",0 154135,"as bad as its trailers ?",0 18522,"-- not the least of which is Amy 's self-absorbed personality --",0 238296,"uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 50890,"disillusionment",0 74883,"astonish and",1 182028,"A stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense .",0 110799,"Twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimately the story compels",1 58066,"the best parts",1 36198,"prophetic",1 102946,", this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .",0 220333,"you take for granted in most films are mishandled here .",0 178628,"with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie",0 194467,"being a really bad imitation of the really bad Blair Witch Project",0 177153,"undeveloped script",0 72396,"a simple message",1 43703,", sophisticated film",1 143477,"About as cutting-edge as Pet Rock : The Movie",0 71659,"a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth",1 78595,"dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks",1 90206,"perfectly serviceable and",1 41161,"Purely propaganda , a work of unabashed hero worship",0 198632,"feature-length running time",1 168638,"palpable chemistry",1 3474,"... a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles",1 38011,"the average is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies .",1 115230,"ate a Reeses",1 151196,"` Abandon all hope , ye who enter here ' ... you should definitely let Dante 's gloomy words be your guide",0 149562,"The movie 's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . But is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ?",0 45540,"Huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling Kathy Baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on Boston Public just as much as 8 Women 's Augustine .",1 101635,"'s awfully entertaining to watch .",1 151409,"a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause",0 59549,"true events",1 91058,"radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film .",1 219830,"with the incessant lounge music playing in the film 's background",0 137191,"three splendid actors",1 177515,"visual splendour",1 200510,"has become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past .",0 232114,"inspiration and ambition",1 212580,"still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",0 107097,"Its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy .",1 206658,"much baked cardboard",0 126196,"listless direction",0 96854,"the tears come during that final , beautiful scene",1 17257,"solidly seaworthy chiller",1 36237,"purest form",1 31137,"enough playful",1 70828,"What makes the movie special is its utter sincerity .",1 18711,"Audiences conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit .",0 80025,"first scene",1 102687,", its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous .",0 121038,"get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing",0 181591,"A dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . The movie is without intent .",0 177854,"weird and distanced",0 48841,"although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative )",0 98092,"to great artistic significance",1 47824,"a big deal , indeed --",1 50964,"does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection",0 57227,"soulful , incisive meditation",1 97680,"thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .",1 231791,"hormonal melodrama",0 168215,"one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes",0 18646,"Amy 's self-absorbed personality",0 199350,"for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm",0 25425,"Goldie Hawn",1 53371,"is almost in a class with that of Wilde",1 227775,"a bit anachronistic",0 11640,"the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine",0 66422,"Inventive , fun ,",1 105848,"For the most part , the film does hold up pretty well .",1 184789,"If I could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it . Fortunately , you still have that option .",0 42534,"refreshing , disarming , and",1 200247,"grosses",0 139279,"was worse . ''",0 16177,"interesting and fun to see Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen",1 21191,"know precisely what to make of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 33869,"its unusual relationship",1 104712,"Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( '' Laissez-passer '' )",1 83075,"in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",1 73896,"an irresistible blend",1 62337,", this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",1 185378,"Its and pieces of The Hot Chick are so hilarious , and Schneider 's performance is so fine , it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess .",0 78827,"elevate '' Glory ''",1 175186,"there is n't much in the way of character development in the script",0 152620,"a tragic past",0 225409,"Passion , lip-synching",0 123801,"is a pity",0 237007,"the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies",1 221143,", High Crimes would be entertaining , but forgettable .",0 69029,"Stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . But",0 86349,"love , memory , history",1 183946,"Five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay : it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before",0 6042,"does n't really know or care about the characters , and",0 164222,"jerking the audience 's chain",0 30887,"do indeed feel for them .",1 50292,"comic Adams ' attempts",0 163462,"is the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low .",0 162154,"indignant",0 171581,"some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war",0 166979,"not quite revelatory documentary",0 20101,"been given a loving screen transferral",1 123819,"is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie",0 3929,"a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments",1 190740,"a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama",0 221055,"( Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined",0 100415,"with a moral",1 124059,"is full of unhappy",0 26258,"Occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it",1 182583,"As a film director , LaBute continues to improve .",1 131184,"rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",1 49202,"are tossed out the window with the intelligent French drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son",1 162513,"is ( long ) gone .",0 131673,"rumblings",0 166711,"new inspiration",1 204221,"its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action",0 147926,"One problem with the movie ,",0 144986,"Dripping with cliche",0 5752,"cool ,",1 106688,"In addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- Lilo & Stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .",1 226633,"This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .",1 149526,"The longer the movie goes , the worse it gets ,",0 213699,"that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring",0 216148,"there is little else to recommend '' Never Again . ''",0 62003,", it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .",1 67960,"Offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .",1 192668,"an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter",0 64753,"Collateral Damage is trash ,",0 228480,"also rocks",1 232301,"is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat .",0 3962,"a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point",0 227167,"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution , but American audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic .",0 218849,"watch if you only had a week to live",1 41744,"courting and",1 5532,"chelsea walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe",0 116665,"captivating and",1 103448,"A brutal and funny work .",1 92765,"skillful filmmaker",1 41669,"bring happiness",1 213792,"that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '",0 95762,"the forest",1 63711,"All the actors are good in Pauline & Paulette but",1 132335,"should be as entertaining as it is",1 70671,"Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 73370,"alive and admirable",1 678,"car chases for an hour",0 222454,"As each of them searches for their place in the world , Miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .",1 191900,"acting -- more accurately , it 's moving",1 95597,"the feat with aplomb",1 132468,"significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount",0 163453,"is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 232772,"is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie .",0 216691,"thrown-together feel",0 174449,"the only sane rationale",0 202859,"is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound",0 2575,"the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud",0 43214,"'s back in form ,",1 63251,"A pleasing , often-funny comedy",1 19830,"and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time",1 36734,"seduced",1 165352,"low-cal Woody",0 235032,"prechewed",0 94493,"that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd",1 44122,"A gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching .",1 216465,"this poor remake",0 14388,"Ranks among Willams ' best screen",1 78277,"disoriented",0 99770,"weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces",1 12981,"wheezy",0 125007,"it is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious",0 217566,"too bad nothing else is",0 225142,"No , even that 's too committed .",0 143030,"A chaotic panorama",0 119020,"empty exercise",0 16751,"of its own grasp of the absurd",0 129274,"offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject",0 84280,"is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake",1 140777,"you liked the previous movies in the series",1 62795,"A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism",1 96640,"the screenplay is callow",0 198866,"filmed directly",1 163056,"is n't a favorite",0 28536,"and charm to spare",1 14726,"a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure",1 184762,"Ice Age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies , and",1 210253,"recovering from its demented premise",0 180009,"'s supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah .",0 18523,"-- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews --",0 151368,"a big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason",0 175203,"these things",1 219215,"where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks",0 139029,"vicious and absurd",0 150040,"There 's an audience for it , but it could have been funnier and more innocent .",0 137366,"to admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes",0 87977,"nonstop hoot",1 202528,"is DOA",0 180669,", however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 43581,", four-star movie",1 110725,"Tosca 's intoxicating ardor",1 177708,"wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination",0 55609,"of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .",1 27560,"a good page-turner",1 70171,"Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is a small gem .",1 228362,"actually makes the heart soar",1 203190,"is n't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other",0 28779,"and satisfying",1 192126,"alert , if not",1 1240,"human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but",1 17004,"provides some great insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game",1 105926,"Full of the kind of obnoxious",0 222734,"But believe it or not , it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen .",1 141472,"'s not horrible , just horribly mediocre .",0 224327,"It is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some .",1 223154,"Disappointing",0 82983,"in its own direction",1 46009,"Leguizamo and Jones are both excellent and",1 80160,"fluid",1 26864,"The movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . There are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting .",1 10316,"secondary",0 12804,"vividly",1 127371,"more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach",0 28929,"angst-ridden",0 187453,"Something must have been lost in the translation .",0 149734,"The plot has a number of holes",0 176270,"to make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering",1 84047,"is astounding on any number of levels",1 23440,", and those are reasons enough to see it .",1 94308,"tens",1 69082,"Sweet Home Alabama is n't going to win any Academy Awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts",1 36975,"simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works .",1 135712,"the middle , the film compels",1 190015,"` grandeur ' shots",1 65525,"Fierce , glaring and unforgettable .",1 150568,"Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters",0 96410,"the place where a masterpiece should be",1 111231,"Witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions . It 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .",1 19577,"a slow slog to get there",0 33065,"inner rhythms",1 177690,"was too overbearing",0 43369,"'s what makes their project so interesting",1 180987,", the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated , and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle .",0 223644,"High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \/ Marine\/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue",0 1259,"if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright , then blood work is for you .",0 235419,"rusted-out ruin",0 16052,"honesty to keep one glued to the screen",1 127974,"no amount of imagination , no creature",0 172637,"temper what could 've been an impacting film",0 56946,"show us a good time",1 136529,"the viewer wide-awake all the way through",1 149781,"The production values are up there . The use of CGI",1 62585,"... is , also , frequently hilarious .",1 226797,"Traffics in the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",0 44499,"An immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music .",1 72041,"a movie with a bigger , fatter heart",1 54683,"may seem disappointing in its generalities",0 168650,"paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 33777,"its exploration of the obstacles to happiness",1 142063,", accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc .",0 15916,"great actress",1 128690,"of heart or conservative of spirit",1 93182,"something vital",1 5362,"by its munchausen-by-proxy mum",0 107002,"It forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves",1 236618,"the B.S. giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 183949,"Flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool",1 235216,"realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 181693,"A film that will probably please people",1 28850,"and the inimitable Walken especially",1 39100,"to Have",1 158321,"enough to spark genuine chemistry",1 103443,"A breathtaking adventure for all ages , Spirit tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images .",1 114829,"as a prissy teenage girl",0 79404,"excellent performances on its side",1 99034,"unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head",0 199295,"for sick and demented humor",0 60507,"written by somebody else",0 219516,"will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again .",0 23843,", revenge and above all , faith",1 120138,"finely crafted , finely written , exquisitely performed",1 45374,"Girls Ca n't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch",1 211866,"smeary and blurry ,",0 36886,"shares the weaknesses of both genres , more",0 136265,"the skewed melodrama",1 65004,"Denis forges out of the theories of class -",1 103051,", you can do no wrong with Jason X .",1 202395,"into a pious , preachy soap opera",0 115742,"been properly digested",1 77044,"communicates a great deal in his performance",1 52688,"hit that may strain adult credibility",0 61836,", compelling",1 37705,"than its predecessors is that Myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies",1 233347,"leave the theater with a lower I.Q. than when I had entered",0 95637,"the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice",0 180281,"( including a knockout of a closing line )",1 19822,"and enjoyable",1 202635,"is a rather toothless take on a hard young life",0 206187,"mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 33583,"it 's as close as anyone has dared to come .",1 54846,"more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters",1 37455,"suck as an actress",0 47715,"Yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with Shimizu is very believable .",1 225470,"Poetic",1 202137,"incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 101756,"'s more repetition than creativity throughout the movie",0 66369,"In other words , it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall ! C'mon !",1 45221,"Far From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but",1 219069,"were made for the palm screen",0 103285,"1993 classic",1 91459,"remarkably cohesive whole",1 102648,", it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh .",0 139769,"who is not a character in this movie",1 193236,"are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .",0 102264,", I 'd want something a bit more complex than We Were Soldiers to be remembered by .",0 86062,"like chewing whale blubber",0 95099,"the actors are humanly engaged",1 65374,"Even though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there 's something vital about the movie .",1 235019,"post-September 11 , `` The Sum Of All Fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .",0 78464,"does n't reach them",0 89935,"overly melodramatic",0 121671,"has a rather unique approach to documentary .",1 111358,"You never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you",1 6447,"feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 37246,"spoofs",1 219918,"wo n't be an )",0 223160,"Disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ... or any other John Woo flick for that matter .",0 139917,"will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face .",1 173768,"the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit",0 85374,"its relaxed",1 58427,"the intoxicating masala",1 75657,"beyond the astute direction of Cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors",1 127120,"mindless pace in collision",0 221526,", slapdash disaster .",0 203403,"is smart , not cloying .",1 122410,"his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum",0 165662,"many charming moments",1 183060,"Characterisation has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle .",0 103419,"A big-budget\/all-star movie",1 214235,"the butt of its own joke",0 32903,"in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 209359,"played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even Freeman ca n't save it",0 188093,"The entire movie is in need of a scented bath .",0 210186,"realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already",0 222642,"Block",0 91175,"reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 228159,"a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music",1 28739,"and perception",1 50545,"creative instincts",1 11588,"the lovely",1 73696,"an athlete , a movie star ,",1 190080,"a Jackie Chan movie",1 232917,"it 's a heck of a ride",1 178236,"who love alternate versions of the Bard",1 82028,"headline-fresh thriller",1 134806,"the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry",1 105784,"Fear permeates the whole of Stortelling , Todd Solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .",1 52453,"haunts you , you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it",1 233084,"it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain",1 232338,"is a pretty decent little documentary .",1 181238,". Besson",1 192439,"an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music",0 203983,"it never quite adds up",0 59746,"unsung heroes",1 25726,"It 's a coming-of-age story we 've all seen bits of in other films",0 119614,"exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters",1 10413,"shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale",0 223778,"I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes .",0 164313,"just felt like it did",1 45246,"Film Festival",1 233845,"might as well have been Problem Child IV .",0 208159,"of the worst dialogue",0 178461,"with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the American filmmaking scene",0 99960,"where its recent predecessor miserably",0 60256,"will quickly",1 99490,"vividly and",1 114321,"animation work",1 85005,"it does elect to head off in its own direction",1 155846,"ca n't get sufficient distance from Leroy 's",0 11927,"the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny .",1 202308,"intellectually stultifying",0 205949,"may marginally enjoy the film",1 207046,"no interesting concept can escape",0 207241,"not-very-funny comedy",0 24507,"A wildly funny prison caper .",1 121044,"get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types",1 91580,"results that are sometimes bracing",1 110238,"The unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing Kaufman has carved from Orleans ' story",1 72735,"a two star script",0 121431,"gripping documentary",1 200756,"have been an eerie thriller",1 224905,"Mr. Earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie",1 126773,"manufactured to me and artificial",0 202788,"is barely an hour long . Nevertheless , it still seems endless .",0 223087,"Deep down , I realized the harsh reality of my situation : I would leave the theater with a lower I.Q. than when I had entered .",0 112637,"a rush",1 150244,"This is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it 's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience .",0 193945,"bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen",0 2056,"pleasure",1 211862,"smashing success",1 19903,"and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 13337,"you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak",1 118580,"does probably as good a job as anyone",1 196997,"directed in a flashy , empty sub-music video style",0 226981,"We 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before",0 23473,", breath-taking mess",0 115500,"be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",0 160253,"good enough to be in theaters",1 236877,"the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .",1 228104,"a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy",0 49918,"but utterly delightful .",1 223380,"Fluffy and disposible .",0 203188,"is n't painfully bad , something to be ` fully experienced '",0 6512,"first and",0 66726,"It is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged .",1 151025,"Witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be America 's Sweetheart .",0 166471,"much suspense",1 41748,"creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and",1 206605,"movie directionless",0 80066,"flat-out amusing",1 33039,"indulgent",1 43448,", ( Haneke ) steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .",1 98650,"transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 205920,"may be ploughing the same furrow once too often",0 167898,"of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past",1 105648,"Epps scores",1 179676,"'s coherent , well shot ,",1 217910,"tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump",0 136050,"the predictability",0 103557,"A few hours after you 've seen it , you forget you 've been to the movies .",0 129572,"one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up",0 80764,"fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less",1 41623,"be a kid again , or",1 117092,"clobbering the audience over the head",0 7892,"it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette",1 160243,"good .",1 45013,"Dazzling in its complexity ,",1 129743,"other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 221388,", is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .",1 46055,"MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and",1 109957,"The modern master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to end all chases",1 192224,"all the loss",0 210147,"ready to go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0 196777,"depressed about anything before watching this film",0 203016,"is its personable , amusing cast .",1 185419,"Jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .",0 124130,"is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",0 52834,"imagine a scenario where Bergman approaches Swedish fatalism using Gary Larson 's Far Side humor",1 230853,"flattens instead of sharpens",0 50821,"different ( and better )",1 100177,"whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball",0 219930,"woe-is-me",0 66682,"It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least",1 124067,"is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all ,",1 68296,"Purgatory County",0 219768,"with little logic or continuity",0 141332,"'s full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability that Allen personifies .",0 169306,"probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters",0 150994,"Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it",0 234610,"of your seat , tense with suspense",1 211014,"seek and strike just the right tone",1 156160,"characters idiots",0 32497,"higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies",1 225152,"No French people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half .",0 81211,"going wrong",0 61086,"'s his strongest performance since The Doors",1 28071,"accomplished lyrical meditation",1 18368,", both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 158806,"false , sitcom-worthy solutions",0 156637,"completely loses its creepy menace .",0 160676,"has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting",1 108559,"Read My Lips is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema .",1 92718,"sink into melancholia",0 17784,"to be focused and sincere",1 216083,"then this should keep you reasonably entertained .",1 9742,"played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up",0 233551,"lost on the target audience",0 21292,"manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to Willis 's world-weary colonel",1 74664,"as darkly funny , energetic , and",1 32783,"impressive control , both visually and in the writing",1 122629,"humor , warmth",1 168173,"one 's patience to get to the good stuff",0 103579,"A film of delicate interpersonal dances . Caine makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose . It 's a sight to behold .",1 215543,"the same old thing",0 186467,"Nothing about them is attractive .",0 165620,"making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause",1 35964,"perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie",1 149735,"The plot has a number of holes ,",0 44271,"A spellbinding African film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state",1 24070,"-- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic",1 228068,"a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something",1 127714,"my friend David Cross would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 77281,"constructs a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human",1 53289,"is a glorious failure .",0 33905,"just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing",0 102929,", there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy",0 66735,"It is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients .",1 66715,"It has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame .",1 82371,"hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years",1 190735,"a heart , mind or humor of its own",1 124278,"is n't exactly endearing",0 38800,"theater feeling",1 238340,"virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it",0 215350,"the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 48155,"a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich :",1 158707,"extremely unfunny",0 29444,"beat and supercharged cartoon warfare",1 51856,"forget about it by Monday",0 103897,"A solidly constructed , entertaining thriller",1 124680,"is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise",1 53800,"it does not attempt to filter out the complexity",1 289,"a very moving and revelatory footnote",1 149074,"The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7",0 130926,"quirky comedy",1 79033,"enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully ,",1 70211,"This is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .",1 109061,"Some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale ,",1 66278,"If you 're not deeply touched by this movie",1 70458,"Trapped wo n't score points for political correctness , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness .",1 59671,"uneasy mix",0 54717,"meshes in this elegant entertainment",1 201852,"in cynicism every bit",0 61289,"'s surprisingly decent , particularly",1 34390,"mass-market entertainment",1 209393,"plays worse",0 145899,"Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but",1 132684,"smirk uneasily at the film 's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures",0 62014,", it 's no classic",0 124734,"is too upbeat",0 192338,"also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare",0 155990,"can sound so dull",0 188851,"There 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes .",0 80901,"gentle , lapping",1 160985,"he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",0 58652,"the respect they are due",1 222521,"B +",1 214839,"the improperly hammy performance",0 206793,"narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute",0 8942,"murder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous .",0 33920,"just the spice",1 58692,"the second is small change . But it still jingles in the pocket .",1 52427,"has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and",1 118437,"do n't believe in Santa Claus",0 57001,"simple and innocent",1 182119,"A worthy idea",1 67593,"Moonlight Mile does n't quite go the distance but",0 12842,"war",0 184874,"In a 102-minute film , Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time ... most viewers will wish there had been more of the '' Queen '' and less of the '' Damned",0 77548,"creates sheerly cinematic appeal",1 84820,"is what matters .",1 78066,"detailed personal portrait",1 6819,"goals",1 110053,"The only thing I laughed at were the people who paid to see it .",0 215718,"the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting",0 189172,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life",0 72847,"a work of fiction inspired by real-life events .",1 27951,"a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story",0 136349,"the striking , quietly vulnerable personality",1 231489,"has the feel of a summer popcorn movie .",1 62969,"A fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame Americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame",1 23700,", is this an invigorating , electric movie .",1 22073,"strength , warmth and vitality",1 51149,"emotional intimacy",1 18343,", a deadpan suspense",1 37373,"straight into the rough waters of contradiction",0 102367,", actor Raymond J . Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .",1 229932,"compelling coming-of-age drama",1 179920,"'s nothing here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration",0 147709,"No amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` German-Expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .",0 74929,"at in Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles",1 34415,"may find ( Attal and Gainsbourg 's ) unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 188023,"The characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",0 230079,"dampened through familiarity ,",0 14360,"Oscar-nominated documentary",1 202987,"is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow",0 28049,"about what is important in life and why",1 56467,"refreshingly forthright",1 146244,"If you pitch your expectations at an all time low , you could do worse than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce .",0 181028,", the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor",1 2500,"that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot",0 233008,"it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one .",1 152478,"a sort of ridiculous sourness",0 220081,"would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster",0 221997,"A fast paced and suspenseful Argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play .",1 112587,"a really cool bit --",1 200885,"have to ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her .",0 13090,"will not be remembered long afterwards",0 79112,"entertaining and suggestive",1 94899,"that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be",1 67855,"None of his actors stand out",0 117,"a biting satire",1 62273,", the film is a good one",1 22006,"so well , that even a simple '' Goddammit ! '' near the end takes on a whole other meaning .",1 229074,"attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way",0 147332,"Manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane .",0 218983,"weighs down",0 236116,"successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters",0 200221,"great story",1 221195,", My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe .",1 228300,"about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities",0 221500,", pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.",0 95462,"the direction of Spielberg",1 170548,"see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi",0 91968,"scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini DV",0 123455,"insurance company office",1 102835,", someone , stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film .",0 101594,"'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly",1 177344,"used so extensively",0 118477,"do with imagination",1 217287,"to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight",1 106352,"Humorous ,",1 38655,"the spare precision of the narratives",1 72251,"a relaxed Firth displays impeccable comic skill",1 203726,"it 's a lousy one at that",0 136612,"the world they love and make",1 52888,"in a hot sake half-sleep",0 167980,"often hackneyed or just plain crude",0 106466,"I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it ! - I also wanted a little alien as a friend !",0 41082,"Maybe it 's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades ... But honestly , Analyze That really is n't all that bad",1 80999,"gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast",1 215154,"the movie looks genuinely pretty . Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but . Not even Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow",0 227952,"a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film",0 63492,"A thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy .",1 42024,"grab your children by the imagination and",1 147653,"Never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful",0 152236,"a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this '' un-bear-able '' project !",0 226596,"There is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market .",1 119204,"enthronement",1 111208,"With the exception of McCoist , the players do n't have a clue on the park .",0 193701,"associate with Cage 's best acting",1 88325,"of a genre gem",1 4031,"a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey",1 46345,"Not a film to rival To Live ,",0 47835,"a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and",1 181773,"A little less extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium .",0 8630,"makes each crumb of emotional comfort",1 30749,"destined to become a landmark in Japanese animation",1 94577,"that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people",1 218268,"until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale",0 216913,"to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun",0 110563,"This thing is just garbage .",0 7814,"is to substitute plot for personality",0 205796,"manipulating our collective fear",1 239166,"you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .",0 216427,"this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent",1 219371,"who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent",0 28618,"and friendly souls",1 81791,"has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side",1 235643,"shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .",1 195565,"certainly wo n't win any honors",0 220059,"would be an abridged edition",0 233627,"make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation",1 207226,"not well enough",0 103937,"A surprisingly flat retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing .",0 12798,"visually",1 66725,"It is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged",1 7280,"i have two words to say about reign of fire . great dragons",1 163517,"is too contemplative",0 20651,"give superlative performances",1 135401,"the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances",1 89262,"offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film",1 113803,"amazingly evocative film from three decades ago",1 133370,"stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites",0 123660,"irk viewers",0 125203,"its compassionate spirit",1 110038,"The notion of deleting emotion from people",0 218436,"veers into corny sentimentality ,",0 194602,"between dumb fun and just plain dumb",0 147457,"Miramax should have hidden it from everyone .",0 42301,"looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois",1 23588,", earnest , intimate film",1 8387,"left me",0 62620,"1 drips with style and , at times , blood",1 228749,"approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline .",1 225108,"Never Again ''",0 171940,"statement and issue worthy",1 189798,"With more character development this might have been an eerie thriller : with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie",0 21087,"it 's hard to know what to praise first",1 63572,"A wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs .",1 113894,"an admirable",1 63482,"A taut , sobering film .",1 150018,"Thekids will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters .",1 106670,"Imagine O . Henry",1 103785,"A pleasant and engaging enough sit",1 41167,"Reggio 's images and Glass ' evocative music",1 109872,"The fourth '' Pokemon '' is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance .",1 103163,". The result might look like Vulgar .",0 85573,"just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it",1 8993,"nasty",0 186112,"Michael Myers for good",1 134256,"that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed",0 92936,"so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .",0 226622,"This 90-minute dud could pass for Mike Tyson 's E !",0 37890,"that seems compelling and even original",1 161531,"humourless and",0 77060,"compassion ,",1 184162,"Give Shapiro , Goldman , and Bolado credit for good intentions ,",1 49741,"bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the Lone Star State",1 196110,"conflicting",0 202420,"into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip",0 103951,"A tone of rueful compassion ...",1 198711,"feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 156724,"consider Blue Crush to be an intelligent film about young women",1 7658,"is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie",1 211430,"shocking in its eroticized gore",0 139955,"will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy",1 212986,"surprisingly shoddy",0 87352,"more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .",1 213555,"that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002",0 106268,"Hollywood , success , artistic integrity and",1 228120,"a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical",1 94619,"that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and",1 178620,"with no great love for the original",0 38326,"the hysteria",1 47229,"The quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy .",1 64449,"Brash , intelligent and",1 96322,"the outstanding thrillers of recent years",1 41151,"Painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",1 113364,"acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .",0 90333,"plain awful",0 21559,"of the greatest romantic comedies",1 106231,"Highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast",1 37219,"spellbinding",1 197548,"droning house music",0 132629,"slow pacing",0 205079,"like my Christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's .",0 10882,"sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards",0 96807,"the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph",1 212326,"spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and",0 227590,"`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier ,",0 142789,"... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .",0 147801,"Not so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute",0 13520,", and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal ,",1 89293,"often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy",1 191955,"actually hurts to watch .",0 36209,"provides the grand , intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot",1 189224,"Tom Tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony",0 186307,"Never Again , while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .",1 12824,"wallowing in bibi 's generic angst",0 23065,"'s a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most American representations of Castro",1 91190,"real filmmaker 's",1 221566,", the basic plot of `` Lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script .",1 164364,"justify its two-hour running time",0 117358,"completely honest",1 195955,"comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature .",0 143266,"A perplexing example of promise unfulfilled ,",0 164857,"like Bruce Springsteen 's gone-to-pot Asbury Park , New Jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins",0 109279,"Sure , I hated myself in the morning . But",0 167597,"of mean-spiritedness",0 3040,"very moving and revelatory",1 174783,"the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then",0 92229,"self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence",1 207128,"nominated for an Oscar next year",1 44472,"An entertaining , colorful , action-filled crime story with an intimate heart",1 141863,"( director ) O'Fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen",1 178863,"would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi .",0 196982,"directed , barely , by There",0 110703,"Too campy to work as straight drama",0 136275,"the slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale",0 62475,"-- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles",0 80596,"from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story",1 44681,"Below may not mark Mr . Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream",0 99511,"vulgarity",0 52390,"has been presented onscreen",1 62359,", this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .",1 226621,"Thirty years ago , it would have been groundbreaking .",0 30647,"definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 230861,"flavours and emotions",1 33706,"it so beautifully",1 101290,"zings all the way",1 193092,"are included",1 190496,"a fad that had long since vanished",0 40646,"A deceivingly simple film ,",1 43143,"'s Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown .",1 121091,"gets too cloying",0 214580,"the film , while it 's not completely wreaked ,",0 195638,"check your brain at the door",0 52783,"humor ends and tragedy",0 216233,"they have a tendency to slip into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip",0 133789,"tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers",1 92839,"slovenly life",0 183565,"Done in mostly by a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment .",0 9833,"prevents",0 203489,"is supposed to be madcap farce",1 125727,"lamer instincts",1 52472,"have been doing something wrong",0 75243,"be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters",1 41550,"an invigorating ,",1 234200,"not that funny",0 148180,"Propelled not by characters but by caricatures .",0 63574,"A wild ride with eight boarders from Venice Beach that was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival .",1 147151,"Life or Something Like It has its share of high points ,",1 30829,"disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 140818,"you want to see it",1 142156,", dumb action movie",0 186286,"Nearly every attempt at humor here is DOA .",0 187972,"The beautiful , unusual music",1 87144,"minimal appreciation",0 112232,"a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham",1 36635,"run-of-the-mill vehicle",0 39225,"to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 212668,"stretched to barely feature length",0 124160,"is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy",0 8688,"many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . so could young romantics out on a date",1 220822,"'s getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks .",0 209134,"patched in from an episode of Miami Vice",0 147559,"Munchausen-by-proxy mum",0 101528,"'s a pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative .",1 13391,"your reward",1 115065,"as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year . As each of them searches for their place in the world , Miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity",1 113999,"an enormous feeling",1 73716,"an awful lot like life -- gritty ,",1 104443,"Apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .",0 112968,"a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece",1 179740,"'s fairly lame , making it par for the course for Disney sequels",0 4519,"allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 36482,"remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 158977,"feels unfocused and underdeveloped .",0 91325,"recreating it an in an African idiom",1 25236,"Eric",1 121367,"got to me",1 62361,", thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy .",1 88011,"not just ticking , but humming",1 101991,"'s well worth a rental",1 176541,"to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",1 230710,"falls far short of poetry",0 78428,"does its predecessors proud .",1 101427,"'m not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0 207596,"of adolescent violence",0 3104,"wes craven 's presence is felt ;",1 142955,": lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half .",0 202452,"intriguing premise",1 227230,"Writer \/ director M. Night Shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity",1 179158,"you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show .",0 64010,"Anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket",1 223511,"Good for a few unintentional laughs , `` Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 27882,"a surprisingly engaging film",1 48877,"an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 116154,"bottomlessly cynical",0 112857,"a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life 's endgame .",1 76166,"by drawing me into the picture",1 100225,"wildly inventive",1 14471,"Tadpole is a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat , slight but a pleasure .",1 232804,"is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie",0 125101,"it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny",1 111856,"a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds",0 176368,"to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 205489,"low on energy",0 190567,"a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout .",0 195132,"by a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment",0 96171,"the most enchanting film of the year",1 44183,"A moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .",1 159,"a dreary tract",0 82604,"if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow",1 44156,"A marvel",1 41826,"draws our attention",1 158085,"earned my indignant , preemptive departure",0 47319,"There is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work ,",0 218171,"unfaithful",0 129467,"on the strength of their own cleverness",1 130135,"perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood",1 136020,"the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt . That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 173632,"the classic Disney adaptation",1 217162,"to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot",0 87744,"nearly perfect in their roles",1 132019,"seems to be missing",0 63898,"An extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking look at life in contemporary China .",1 115668,"because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas ,",1 80414,"forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today",1 105880,"Frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women . And it 's not that funny",0 123847,"is a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona ,",0 198830,"figuring it out would n't make Trouble Every Day any better .",0 195483,"carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy",0 233959,"most disappointing Woody Allen movie",0 122943,"in an entirely irony-free zone and Bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids",0 101044,"you 'll feel too happy to argue much",1 23127,"'s frustrating and still oddly likable .",1 195704,"cinematic tragedies",0 82746,"important director",1 114835,"as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism",0 8056,"its gasp-inducing ending",1 112080,"a hack script",0 195790,"clichés .",0 99037,"unhappy",0 179668,"'s clear why Deuces Wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on MGM 's shelf",0 231627,"he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 48276,"a playful respite",1 194489,"being placed on any list of favorites",1 232319,"is a more fascinating look at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 40692,"A refreshing Korean film about five female high school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters",1 206587,"mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .",1 110377,"There is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country .",1 46214,"More romantic ,",1 12077,"their parents ' anguish",0 34163,"lively , funny and ultimately sobering film",1 151595,"a deeply unpleasant experience",0 119863,"feel like mopping up ,",0 121997,"have to admit that I am baffled by Jason X .",1 118979,"embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama",1 23072,"'s a stunning lyrical work of considerable force and truth .",1 61298,"'s that good",1 190953,"a minimalist Beauty",1 160774,"hate clowns .",0 82575,"hyper-realistic",1 39840,"warm , genuine characters",1 64895,"Cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most",1 24064,"-- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",1 164624,"laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",0 35832,"out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 63566,"A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer",1 236173,"sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins",0 221039,"'ve marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world",1 113045,"a working over .",0 179428,"'re definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .",1 205160,"lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There ? into How Long Is This Movie",0 128385,"of Steven Soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist",1 66574,"It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior",0 91867,"saddens",0 1314,"informs",1 72793,"a warm and charming package",1 158742,"failed to capture me",0 109238,"Successfully",1 118295,"director Robert J . Siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .",1 18320,"( an anti-date movie is more like it )",0 215152,"the movie looks genuinely pretty . Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but .",1 190888,"a low rate Annie",0 140118,"with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish",0 80772,"fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 172110,"string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization",0 8380,"leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 30752,"detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully",1 196094,"conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for Shearer 's radio show and his Simpson voice-overs",0 234633,"offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience .",0 202094,"in tight pants and big tits",0 111197,"With an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera , Hélène Angel is definitely a director to watch .",1 15025,"and excitement",1 6181,"embraces it , energizes it",1 15620,"easy target",0 104584,"Austin Powers in Goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and",1 226299,"The gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` The Lord of the Rings '' trilogy",1 225744,"Sexy and romantic",1 57422,"strong impression",1 160369,"grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness .",0 223749,"I admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time .",0 22712,"want to get up and dance .",1 81033,"give I Am Trying to Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed .",0 91896,"sane and breathtakingly creative film",1 201588,"if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion",0 111130,"While we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen , we had no trouble sitting for Blade II .",1 152948,"add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain .",0 227608,"`` The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws",0 139566,"what the English call ` too clever by half",0 89237,"offbeat thriller",1 101616,"'s an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter",1 66576,"It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet I found it weirdly appealing",1 51522,"fantastic movie",1 104073,"Adam Sandler 's Eight Crazy Nights grows on you -- like a rash .",0 211089,"seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business .",1 204450,"just does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy .",0 223568,"Hands down the year 's most thought-provoking film .",1 29984,"can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair",1 75094,"away a believer again and quite cheered at just that",1 86229,"long and eventful spiritual journey",1 153792,"are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse",0 117040,"clean-cut Dahmer ( Jeremy Renner ) and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .",0 81747,"has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making",1 22201,"that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 38332,"the idiocy of the film industry",0 226467,"The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 114385,"any Scorsese has ever given us",1 37581,"takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing .",1 129946,"paean",1 120587,"formulaic , its plot and pacing typical Hollywood war-movie stuff ,",0 239032,"would n't make Trouble Every Day any better",0 226484,"The star who helped give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` The Sum of All Fears",0 99327,"very best movies",1 87161,"misogynist",0 187462,"Sophisticated",1 33203,"is Carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach .",1 202818,"is classic nowheresville in every sense",0 16835,"on the fame freeway",1 23955,", touching and wonderfully dyspeptic .",1 166030,"misogynistic boy",0 111352,"You may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject .",1 131890,"secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 218549,"violence overshadows everything",0 111178,"Wise and deadpan humorous .",1 227158,"Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me .",0 149332,"The elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat",0 140200,"with originality",1 204040,"it too is a bomb .",0 79086,"enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over .",1 83903,"is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor",1 142008,", John Q . is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause .",0 60346,"with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it",1 75321,"be something really good",1 83774,"is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth .",1 187918,"The acting is just fine",1 184709,"I skipped Country Bears . But",0 18849,"Energetic",1 29955,"by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats",0 158680,"explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit",0 195777,"cliched dialogue and perverse escapism",0 222058,"A modest masterpiece .",1 47420,"Though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent",0 28001,"about September 11th",1 226178,"The Tuxedo '' should have been the vehicle for Chan that `` The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey .",0 20202,"by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel",1 39621,"unfamiliar personas",0 48530,"able to give full performances",1 15518,"deftly wrought suspense yarn",1 217281,"to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",0 190664,"a good natured warning",1 65783,"Gives an intriguing twist",1 27993,"ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s .",1 107151,"James Bond thriller",1 225951,"Starts slowly , but Adrien Brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying .",1 198356,"expert fighters",1 153213,"also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us",0 96233,"the movie you 're looking for",1 185918,"Lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) , but ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered .",0 41946,"focusing intently",1 124726,"is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato",0 115461,"be another shameless attempt by Disney",0 52247,"great Daniel Auteuil",1 70074,"There 's no conversion effort",0 78379,"document both sides of this emotional car-wreck",0 30709,"dense",0 2091,"promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",0 34935,"nominated films",1 118112,"deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities",1 194728,"blinding",0 639,"brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch",0 143435,"A wildly inconsistent emotional",0 189358,"Unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters .",0 221814,"... is magnificent",1 177391,"vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips",0 224259,"It 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling",0 123959,"is by far the worst movie of the year .",0 35347,"of numerous minor flaws",0 141525,"'s only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them",0 87624,"multi-character story",1 179454,"'re not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears",0 181726,"A grating ,",0 10938,"take the grandkids or the grandparents",1 103584,"A film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters . It 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter .",0 150674,"WWF fan",1 226372,"The movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical .",0 100384,"with Spike Lee 's masterful",1 57081,"smart and complicated",1 89471,"on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness",1 45063,"Directing with a sure and measured hand , ( Haneke ) steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .",1 94762,"that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .",1 191255,"a sad , sordid universe",0 69492,"The ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and",1 7575,"institutionalized slavery",0 24635,"An impressive if flawed effort that",1 154356,"at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution",0 236514,"that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome",0 204772,"leaden and dull",0 107042,"It may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but I enjoyed Barbershop . It 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .",1 29045,"are hilarious throughout .",1 126425,"love a Disney pic",1 172672,"terrible filmmaking '",0 15817,"for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",1 61498,"( There 's ) quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin .",1 72142,"a pleasing way with a metaphor",1 13638,", sweet and playful",1 164748,"less funny than the original , Killers",0 208566,"one battle followed by killer CGI effects",1 93657,"stuck around for this long",0 30316,"comprehensive and provocative",1 167795,"of the jokes , most at women 's expense",0 149716,"The performances are so leaden , Michael Rymer 's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud",0 62071,", lecherous",0 107342,"Kong action cinema",1 214297,"the choices",1 202295,"instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge",0 77960,"delivers without sham the raw-nerved story .",1 28889,"and unpleasant",0 107278,"Kapur 's contradictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works against itself .",0 178570,"with exasperating blandness by Laura Regan",0 187243,"Shankman ... and screenwriter Karen Janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story .",0 62965,"A fantastic premise anchors",1 232747,"is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking",1 10887,"sweetest",1 64160,"At times Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . Yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .",1 63101,"A hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of Claude Chabrol .",1 120811,"full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",0 126338,"looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is",0 29795,"but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going",1 21092,"it 's not terribly original and it 's rather messy -- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .",1 82419,"honorably Mexican and burns its Kahlories with conviction .",1 193460,"as gripping",1 140445,"works its magic",1 188377,"The movie 's downfall",0 111719,"a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters",1 46722,"Shamelessly",0 180317,") do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic",0 184564,"I 'm Not , and then I realized that I just did n't care",0 187032,"Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 66169,"I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format",1 174833,"the strain of its plot contrivances and",0 17969,"viewers willing to take a chance",1 39616,"uneven but intriguing drama",1 39341,"to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy",1 68583,"Sand 's masculine persona",1 165557,"makes a better short story than it does a film",0 63752,"Although devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants , Dogtown and Z-Boys has a compelling story to tell .",1 76235,"by top-billed star Bruce Willis",1 33053,"ingenious and entertaining",1 43494,", The Hot Chick is pretty damned funny .",1 43365,"'s usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them",0 83716,"is Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching",1 194644,"big splash",1 29699,"both saucy and endearing",1 222811,"But the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences",0 61146,"'s no accident that The Accidental Spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form .",1 174156,"the joy of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters",1 188047,"The connected stories of Breitbart and Hanussen are actually fascinating ,",1 137527,"to die for",1 198824,"figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand ,",0 53940,"its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction",1 219529,"will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year",1 12357,"to finally revel in its splendor",1 101119,"you feel like you owe her big-time",1 128441,"of a good time",1 18871,"Finally , a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less .",1 45432,"Hardly an objective documentary",0 189896,"Yes , Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination , but",1 102550,", haphazard , and inconsequential romantic",0 183218,"Cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos , but there are no movies of Nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge",0 94617,"that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies",1 174024,"the general sense that no two people working on the production",0 192816,"annoyed me most about God is Great",0 128105,"not great",0 109414,"The Country Bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers . Unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .",0 178697,"with yawn-provoking dullness",0 96190,"the most ravaging ,",1 168862,"pick up the durable best seller Smart Women , Foolish Choices for advice",0 212240,"somewhere in the story of Matthew Shepard",1 218634,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible , '' but",0 149658,"The only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater .",0 79878,"film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days",1 33652,"it has clearly been made with affection and care",1 115916,"better off staying on the festival circuit",0 108065,"Not only are the film 's Sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .",0 219843,"with the same number of continuity errors",0 37589,"takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding .",1 28144,"adventure show",1 14717,"a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border",1 121214,"glimpse into the mysteries of human behavior",1 222528,"B.S.",0 146402,"It 's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible",1 162905,"is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one .",0 237809,"to face frightening late fees",0 13847,"An experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment .",1 139949,"will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it .",0 34130,"likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 120468,"for philosophers , not filmmakers",0 108415,"Plodding , peevish and gimmicky .",0 211087,"seems inconceivable",0 172945,"that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism",0 71528,"a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 109595,"The best didacticism",1 49851,"brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging Sandeman",1 164193,"itself is uninteresting",0 38786,"the withering effects",0 58223,"the director 's talent",1 22873,"worst enemy",0 180322,") homage",1 218056,"ultimately unsatisfying",0 141496,"'s not without its pleasures",1 104257,"An ambitious and moving but bleak film",1 5167,"bittersweet",1 184739,"I was sent a copyof this film to review on DVD . For free . I still want my money back",0 176266,"to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 229543,"buying into sham truths and routine `` indie '' filmmaking",0 20222,"call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it )",0 15029,"and forgettable",0 2710,"the self-destructiveness",0 178057,"when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 106566,"If H . G . Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? ` It looks good , Sonny , but",0 71657,"a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography",1 138655,"unexpected blast",0 186936,"Reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it 's undone by a sloppy script",0 87134,"mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1 55585,"of the major issues",0 79643,"fan to appreciate Scratch",1 50420,"considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",1 6204,"endless",0 62403,", wall-to-wall good time",1 77236,"considerable talents",1 213777,"that much . Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",0 180096,"'ve spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch",0 157180,"decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set",0 48433,"a terrific climax",1 191365,"a solid success",1 156860,"could be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps .",0 47041,"The film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but",1 183429,"Directed by Kevin Bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut .",1 11472,"the glum , numb experience",0 81912,"have put together a bold biographical fantasia",1 164682,"least interesting",0 180992,", the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .",0 6128,"ebullient",1 75606,"better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh . An excellent sequel",1 183112,"City by the Sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for . But how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery",0 47529,"Very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so --",1 47720,"Yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy",1 23647,", gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",1 191564,"a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet",0 179667,"'s certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context",1 111405,"` Cherish '",1 31117,"enjoyable film",1 49361,"astoundingly",1 208530,"on top of the same old crap",0 75615,"better elsewhere",0 180097,"'ve wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 23160,"'s rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity",1 110615,"Though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs , its digs at modern society are all things we 've seen before .",0 219774,"with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard",0 81593,"has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",1 203550,"is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies",1 221524,", sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it .",0 40841,"Dazzling and",1 129904,"overwrought ending",0 47814,"a beautiful city",1 106444,"I enjoyed Barbershop . It 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters",1 200601,"has n't progressed as nicely as ` Wayne",0 141193,"'s all very cute , though not terribly funny if you 're more than six years old",0 66226,"Iben Hjelje is entirely appealing as Pumpkin",1 156257,"choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter",0 45764,"It 's tough to watch , but it 's a fantastic movie .",1 160877,"have more fun",1 48532,"able to tear their eyes away from the screen",1 117166,"combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture",0 80627,"from its own considerable achievement",1 226585,"There are slow and repetitive parts ,",0 95193,"the best performance from either in years",1 120998,"genre cliches",0 1115,"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2 - hour , dissipated length",1 13546,", brash , sardonic , completely joyful",1 101611,"'s an adventure story and history lesson all in one .",1 194280,"become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters",0 176114,"to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters",1 115617,"be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as",1 209345,"play off each other virtually to a stand-off",0 133513,"submerging",1 152976,"affectation",1 26834,"The heightened symmetry",1 103504,"A competent , unpretentious entertainment destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country .",1 166777,"no discernible craft and",0 157744,"does n't believe in itself",0 68153,"Payne has created a beautiful canvas ,",1 93503,"stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter .",1 6949,"hapless",0 126146,"like to ride bikes",1 212880,"suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories",0 207782,"of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other",1 62034,", it finds a nice rhythm .",1 54169,"laying out some of the major issues",0 99230,"used soap",0 123194,"in the thin soup of canned humor",0 11378,"the film 's strength",1 166932,"not a champion",0 237329,"the whole thing never existed",0 86612,"makes Barbershop so likable",1 198478,"fall dreadfully short .",0 33991,"laugh along with them",1 200580,"has made Tucker a star",1 9992,"rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 75595,"best rock",1 200559,"has intentionally left college or was killed",0 61670,", Quitting hits home with disorienting force .",1 63570,"A wild ride juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films .",1 113686,"all-enveloping movie experience",1 220678,"'s a big part of why we go to the movies .",1 164225,"jettisons all opportunities for Rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense",0 145806,"High Crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer .",0 227123,"While Scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` Gangs '' is never lethargic , the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .",0 230806,"fills me with revulsion .",0 10726,"stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but",1 9701,"phenomenal",1 74373,"are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition .",1 127664,"murky cinematography",0 140401,"wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago",0 147564,"Murder By Numbers is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie - of-the-week films clumsily stuck together .",0 10725,"stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny",0 42657,"some ingenious plot devices and",1 102585,", in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 57266,"spellbinding African film",1 71925,"a love letter",1 82548,"humane fighter",1 182213,"Ah-nuld 's action hero days might be over .",0 40189,"with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth",1 54457,"mad",0 187349,"Slap me",0 154877,"because it is dull",0 182147,"About Something is an amicable endeavor .",1 172845,"that 's sultry Linda Fiorentino doing the same thing",0 113035,"a wonderfully warm human drama",1 179530,"'s a gag that 's worn a bit thin over the years , though Do n't Ask still finds a few chuckles",1 48980,"an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty",1 193503,"as it develops",1 44133,"A hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films --",1 126383,"loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion",0 236988,"the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction",0 218181,"unfortunate title",0 229178,"be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title",0 81338,"grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like",1 30557,"cuts deeper than expected",1 236260,"techno-tripe",0 171644,"something cringe-inducing about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment",0 50490,"could have been a daytime soap opera",0 238740,"wickedly sick and twisted humor",1 222390,"Anemic , pretentious",0 175104,"their lack",0 179919,"'s nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour",0 186048,"Maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make Trouble Every Day any better .",0 172071,"strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch",0 164554,"lame aspiration",0 27913,"a troubling interpretation",0 34850,"nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man",1 184658,"I felt disrespected .",0 115322,"backwater",1 117242,"comes off as so silly that you would n't be surprised if BA , Murdock and rest of the A-Team were seen giving chase in a black and red van .",0 131407,"resentful Betty and the manipulative yet needy Margot",0 17777,"to a whole new level",1 187926,"The action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises",0 166588,"nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff",0 84728,"is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 70026,"The way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of Gator-bashing are consistently delightful .",1 52372,"has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm",1 22062,"still ultimately very satisfying",1 194238,"bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite Iwai 's vaunted empathy",0 208222,"of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles",0 158039,"dull-witted and disquietingly",0 215264,"the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality",0 153354,"an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 210497,"resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative",1 106797,"It 's ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts .",1 137998,"to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre",1 25498,"Having never been a huge fan of Dickens ' 800-page novel",0 213767,"that miss",0 230442,"dumb ,",0 140672,"you 'll have a good time with this one too",1 73941,"an uncompromising film",1 55991,"perilously",0 185199,"It 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline :",1 105903,"Freundlich 's World Traveler",1 202141,"incisive and",1 77267,"constantly defies expectation",1 153833,"are fleshed-out enough to build any interest",0 90629,"presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years",1 212586,"stink bomb .",0 107028,"It leaves little doubt that Kidman has become one of our best actors .",1 10778,"strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it 's too long and unfocused .",0 236839,"the end result does no justice to the story itself",0 201337,"hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 154446,"attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment",0 185097,"It 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and",0 64743,"Close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air",1 70127,"There are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip .",1 163423,"is that it 's not as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered",0 39836,"wanting more",1 75149,"balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident",1 141676,"'s too interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience .",0 105530,"Drama of temptation , salvation and good intentions is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power .",1 145228,"Excessive , profane ,",0 40734,"A work of intricate elegance , literary lyricism and profound common sense",1 2343,"some good",1 73759,"an enjoyable trifle",1 6971,"harsh",0 60699,"'ll be white-knuckled and unable to look away",1 148720,"Some actors steal scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor .",0 162284,"insufferable the character is",0 129360,"on The Santa Clause 2",1 132220,"sexist",0 133116,"spinning styx sting",1 171476,"so shameless and coarse",0 6627,"for wow",1 209498,"pomposity and",1 70042,"The writing is clever and the cast is appealing .",1 71465,"a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic",1 4658,"an exclamation point",1 220940,"'s packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message",1 48544,"about discovering your destination in life",1 104411,"Another Best",1 160251,"good design",1 213321,"terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase",0 79446,"expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence",1 222080,"A semi-autobiographical film that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer had anything to do with it .",0 73823,"an important , original talent",1 145943,"I 'm almost recommending it , anyway",1 213151,"takes itself all too seriously",0 120478,"for sick humor",0 223776,"I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but",0 219260,"which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 144651,"Credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter",0 78359,"do n't need to know your Ice-T 's from your Cool-J 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California",0 122482,"holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 117950,"deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of Russian history .",1 111677,"a comedy of a premise",1 153024,"airhead movie about a wife",0 10145,"reverent",1 39416,"touching to the marrow",1 71061,"Works because Reno does n't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience .",1 151343,"a bad rock concert",0 144009,"Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly",0 113279,"ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny )",1 21730,"poignant",1 177425,"very bad special effects",0 44129,"A highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie that broaches neo-Augustinian theology : Is God",1 3076,"waste their talent on parodies of things",0 88078,"nuanced performance",1 89611,"one of the great submarine stories",1 239194,"you think it ca n't get any more gay",0 108044,"North or South Vietnamese",1 65866,"Green Dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese .",1 105341,"De Niro )",0 198846,"filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots",0 79781,"feels derivative",0 107250,"Just another generic drama",0 153755,"appearing on behalf of a good cause",1 149757,"The premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but the film must have been written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover",0 205174,"listless and desultory",0 213875,"that the final product is a ghost",0 212869,"suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 236554,"that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 55169,"occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment",1 68495,"Roman Polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` Shindler 's List ' - it is more than merely a Holocaust movie",1 43397,"( Chaiken 's ) talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively , convincing dialogue she creates for her characters",1 168099,"on my own deathbed for a while",0 191651,"a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast",0 119798,"fascinating they may be as history",1 130843,"put it on a coffee table",1 154986,"been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood",0 205797,"manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves",0 115340,"bad reviews",0 135513,"the hilarious writer-director himself",1 238862,"with a lower I.Q. than when I had entered",0 96919,"the true wonder of Rintarô 's Metropolis is the number of lasting images all its own .",1 44469,"An enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment",1 152170,"a nightmare date",0 224341,"It is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b.s. one another and put on a show in drag .",0 76058,"bursts with a goofy energy previous Disney films only used for a few minutes here and there",1 40580,"'s obviously struck a responsive chord with many South Koreans , and",1 221704,", you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort",0 15106,"animated subplot keenly",1 89094,"of the tortured and self-conscious material",0 223010,"Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker",1 47269,"The touch",1 38661,"the spectacular scale",1 91134,"raucously",1 192317,"almost saccharine domestic interludes",1 142200,", he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , ` Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre . '",0 181515,"A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document",0 151500,"a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase",0 20695,"grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 35468,"of the life of artist Frida Kahlo",1 22961,"'' Orange County '' is a refreshing change",1 64096,"As improbable as this premise may seem , Abbass 's understated , shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .",1 102675,", it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma .",0 112934,"a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire",1 159004,"fertile",1 206272,"mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .",0 189138,"Though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations",0 32831,"in a way even its exacting author might admire",1 167026,"nothing but a sticky-sweet soap",0 124886,"it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .",1 217767,"treads heavily",0 215758,"the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio .",0 102347,", Trouble Every Day is a plodding mess .",0 114284,"and unforgettable characters",1 185299,"It is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 231287,"got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",0 195487,"carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / Marine/legal mystery",0 7734,"is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion",0 136982,"this laboratory of laughter",1 226914,"Vin Diesel is the man .",1 4095,"a searing lead",1 92166,"seems to enjoy its own transparency",1 144743,"Deadeningly dull ,",0 102455,", common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit Sascha .",0 33407,"is mesmerizing",1 87968,"nonetheless appreciates the art and",1 187169,"Screenwriter Dan Schneider and director Shawn Levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite .",1 141239,"'s as if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker .",0 44282,"A stylistic romp that 's always fun to watch .",1 24753,"Auschwitz",0 192257,"all too familiar",0 102346,", Time of Favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .",1 231601,"have to dig deep to sink this low",0 234952,"placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers",1 78610,"drawn in by the sympathetic characters",1 20738,"has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun .",1 139413,"we value in our daily lives",1 65545,"Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home .",1 1815,"naturalistic",1 168503,"over-the-top mix",0 53351,"is a very original artist in his medium",1 128198,"numb experience of watching O Fantasma",0 86966,"meaning in relationships or work",1 129497,"once again strands his superb performers in the same old story .",1 182636,"At every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ... all you have left",0 31891,"from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting",1 158967,"feels like it was made by some very stoned college students",0 153704,"anybody picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0 194056,"be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0 41226,"Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world",1 113264,"accomplished actress",1 3725,"a didactic and dull documentary glorifying software anarchy .",0 147697,"Nights feels more like a quickie TV special than a feature film ... It 's not even a TV special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break",0 219522,"will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning .",0 203732,"it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun",1 164618,"laugh-out-loud ludicrous",0 213784,"that no matter how fantastic Reign of Fire looked , its story was making no sense at all",0 80812,"funny and well-contructed black comedy",1 233771,"may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork",0 227157,"Why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?",0 15501,"darkly funny dance",1 158010,"due to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material",0 149952,"The twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists",1 136810,"they so heartwarmingly motivate",1 170636,"seems to take an unseemly pleasure in ( the characters ' ) misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it",0 75086,"avuncular chortles",1 180157,"( It ) highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent ,",1 58641,"the relationships were wonderful ,",1 41479,"a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor ,",1 189030,"This is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes ,",1 61598,", Danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .",1 29337,"attentive concern",1 212629,"straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company .",0 127829,"need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work . Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period",1 194990,"budding amours",1 34135,"list",0 101628,"'s as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations",1 109638,"The cameo-packed , M : I-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise ...",1 54434,"luckiest",1 83254,"inconsistencies is part of the fun .",1 175139,"themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap",0 130288,"plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . It labours as storytelling",0 61480,"( Rises ) above its oh-so-Hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism",1 87115,"mildly enjoyable if",1 29698,"both moving and wise",1 150762,"Well , it does go on forever .",0 14584,"Unlike",0 232472,"is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences",1 83341,"infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion",1 217005,"to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative",0 91835,"run-of-the-mill singles blender",0 211907,"so bad it starts to become good .",1 237955,"to sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all",0 180462,", Ultimate X is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype .",0 203312,"is painfully bad , a fourth-rate Jim Carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb",0 150975,"Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes ,",0 11455,"the gags are often a stitch",1 107739,"Michel Piccoli 's moving performance",1 18283,"'s good",1 98306,"to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor",1 104008,"A well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog",1 60572,"you feel like a sucker",0 77542,"creates an impeccable sense of place ,",1 166889,"noble and lofty ambitions",1 125475,"joyous celebration",1 236259,"taxes with your ex-wife",0 207147,"none of the plot ` surprises '",0 94370,"than a few cheap thrills from your Halloween entertainment",0 163148,"is nonexistent .",0 91503,"reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism",1 205163,"lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it",0 120397,"for both the scenic splendor of the mountains",1 117621,"covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people",0 32267,"has a history of releasing cinematic flotsam",1 180784,", like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows",1 38112,"the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality",1 221922,"A DOA",0 79504,"extant stardom",1 150842,"What the director can & # 8217 : t do is make either of Val Kilmer & # 8217 : s two personas interesting or worth caring about .",0 11637,"the most opaque ,",0 22629,"unapologetically dumb",0 169522,"put to sleep by the movie",0 223158,"Disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ... or",0 218391,"utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout .",0 61416,"( D ) espite its familiar subject matter , Ice Age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...",1 204373,"itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away .",0 44125,"A heartening tale of small victories and",1 179753,"'s fitfully funny but never",1 238493,"watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",0 212756,"style massacres erupt throughout",0 180821,", modestly action-oriented World War II adventure",1 85616,"keep things interesting",1 83866,"is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence",1 4722,"annoying",0 239180,"you open yourself up to Mr. Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set",1 1171,"heartbreaking subject matter",0 151112,"You 've already seen Heartbreak if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original .",0 58858,"the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 163497,"is tiresomely grave and long-winded",0 96306,"the opera 's drama and lyricism",1 193028,"are a little peculiar",0 161553,"idiotic and",0 114254,"and likeable characters",1 135599,"the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more",1 74224,"appealing enough",1 44456,"An absurdist spider web .",0 115183,"at least now we 've got something pretty damn close",1 47598,"What distinguishes Time of Favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts .",1 155514,"brisk is Wang 's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe .",0 82622,"if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers",1 46377,"Offers much to enjoy ... and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the nature",1 89,"-- who are obviously pretty clever --",1 150248,"This is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience .",0 117867,"dark room",1 237476,"think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material",0 194962,"broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract",0 92215,"sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 60286,"winning story",1 46657,"Ryan Gosling ... is at 22 a powerful young actor .",1 205391,"loony",0 17251,"solid",1 127959,"nighttime Manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and",1 235566,"seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . ''",0 124153,"is interesting but constantly unfulfilling .",0 114945,"as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",0 134205,"that Kidman has become one of our best actors",1 76517,"catching for Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance",1 100033,"whimsicality",1 157540,"disappointingly thin slice",0 187643,"Sweet Home Alabama is one dumb movie , but",0 15172,"at how quickly it faded from my memory",0 220523,"'' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .",1 196926,"did the screenwriters just",0 38600,"the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion .",1 130347,"plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter",0 6537,"flexible",1 16263,"is intensely personal",1 216506,"this tired retread",0 53939,"its inventiveness",1 76930,"come to Earth",1 142010,", Kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust .",0 112602,"a remarkable and novel concept",1 47430,"Time Out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term .",1 91492,"reminiscent of 1992 's Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .",1 116341,"but still entertaining",1 196854,"despite the efforts of a first-rate cast",0 103243,"... the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression .",0 197950,"entertaining tricks",1 140217,"with shootings , beatings , and more cussing",0 160973,"he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 193269,"arrangements and mind games ,",1 27430,"a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report",1 91551,"respect and affection",1 201991,"in the Picture ''",1 167649,"of pompous windbags",0 198821,"figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",0 182773,"Bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer .",0 172504,"takes no apparent joy",0 14959,"an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes .",1 181673,"A few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film , but the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun",0 169753,"really bad so much as distasteful",0 216868,"to be bored by as your ABC 's",0 87999,"not constant bloodshed",1 110135,"The result is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking .",1 41144,"One of the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films",1 139439,"weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne",0 192645,"an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast",0 72987,"about the hypocrisies of our time",1 48967,"an interesting bit of speculation",1 189230,"Too bad none of it is funny .",0 86883,"may be Burns 's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen",1 127948,"nice girl-buddy movie",1 212809,"subzero version",0 139287,"watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards",1 198067,"even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other Bullock and Grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene .",0 72584,"a stunning technical achievement",1 163548,"is undercut by amateurish execution",0 89130,"of these despicable characters",0 65075,"Director Alfonso Cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films .",1 197054,"disappointments I",0 180961,", the director 's experiment is a successful one .",1 216552,"those monologues stretch on and on",0 126480,"loyalty , courage and dedication",1 202792,"is best for the stunning star",1 142497,", the jaunt is practically over before it begins .",0 32012,"gentle blend",1 19317,"The passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures",1 110954,"Watching Queen of the Damned is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in .",0 172146,"stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves",0 224143,"It 's a visual Rorschach test and I must have failed .",0 99725,"we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing",1 190139,"a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log",0 117783,"cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . Not to mention absolutely refreshed",1 51937,"from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",1 131250,"relatively gore-free",1 98983,"understand everyone 's point of view",1 146680,"It feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 196289,"could have expected a little more human being , and a little less product .",0 118772,"dullest kiddie flicks",0 40374,"worthy tribute",1 197458,"down the reality drain",0 88105,"obsessive",0 24723,"As blunt as it is in depicting child abuse , El Bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance .",1 178097,"where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere",0 53934,"its grand locations",1 43150,"'s a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties .",1 20576,"for all ages at any time",1 39224,"to laugh along with them",1 230,"a picture-perfect beach",1 165305,"lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 145155,"Even film silliness",0 80721,"full of cheesy dialogue",0 220280,"you feel guilty about it",0 78477,"does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency .",1 157800,"does not live up to its style",0 69590,"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but it 's smooth and professional .",0 73448,"all the stomach-turning violence",0 66684,"It 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible .",1 226304,"The history is fascinating : the action is dazzling .",1 191233,"a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song",0 3781,"a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma",0 118181,"devote time to see it",1 73307,"after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",0 94859,"that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 217474,"to the tailor for some major alterations",0 113994,"an engaging and moving portrait",1 198721,"feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time .",0 84019,"is an uncompromising film",1 233107,"it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .",1 196527,"cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash ,",0 221012,"'s too long and unfocused .",0 100686,"with us is a minor miracle",1 83987,"is an encouraging debut feature",1 16357,"it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery",1 236437,"that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",1 15046,"and host to some truly excellent sequences",1 166874,"no sense of humor",0 181269,". That is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion .",0 144741,"Deadeningly",0 141556,"'s really yet another anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness",0 75600,"best some directors",1 84888,"it 's entertaining enough and worth a look",1 225800,"Singer\/composer Bryan Adams contributes a slew of songs -- a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story -- but the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece",1 105274,"Crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half .",1 129725,"original rape",0 105028,"Chamber of Secrets will find millions of eager fans .",1 62913,"A decent-enough nail-biter",1 70838,"Whatever complaints I might have",0 191385,"a stale copy",0 84425,"is n't always coherent",0 9804,"powerful and satisfying",1 206496,"most damning",0 38396,"the man",1 119773,"far more meaningful",1 141428,"'s movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam .",0 197089,"disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera",0 113245,"absolutely refreshed",1 209526,"poorly-constructed comedy",0 22459,"thoughtful , moving piece",1 15865,"get a kick out of watching them today",1 102906,", the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .",0 35077,"of '60s spy movies",1 55283,"of adolescent sturm und drang",0 134186,"that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life",1 182090,"A weird little movie",0 133825,"take this film at face value",1 102051,"( A ) satisfying niblet .",1 223433,"From blushing to gushing -- Imamura squirts the screen in ` Warm Water Under a Red Bridge '",1 54933,"moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time",1 27107,"Unfortunately",0 22413,"these flicks are just that damn good .",1 68323,"RINGU when you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ) are worthwhile",1 99463,"visual influence",1 228763,"are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills",0 10515,"slow",0 37635,"teamwork cliches",0 118016,"deliver a fair bit of vampire fun",1 193217,"are the kiss of death in this bitter Italian comedy",0 226599,"There is no pleasure in watching a child suffer .",0 154144,"as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",1 137779,"to provoke them",1 142267,", it 's full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability that Allen personifies .",0 210922,"scratching your head than hiding under your seat",0 37338,"still is",1 81783,"has succeeded beyond all expectation .",1 221427,", it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",0 44912,"Cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as I 'm the One That I Want ... but it 's still damn funny stuff",1 154490,"avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller",0 115882,"best actors",1 88926,"of that",1 62289,", the humor has point",1 70173,"This 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than I 'd expected it to be .",1 64653,"Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries",1 117563,"could easily be called the best Korean film of 2002",1 59450,"too lethargically paced",0 91733,"riveting , brisk delight",1 16328,"it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . -LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 183601,"Each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time",0 141155,"'s a sitcom without the snap-crackle",0 97045,"the wit and hoopla",1 22377,"the very night Matthew was killed",0 68042,"Originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller .",1 170862,"shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor",1 16312,"it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit",1 87784,"neglecting character development",0 94076,"taboo subject matter",0 232495,"is impossible to look away",1 193987,"banal , virulently unpleasant excuse",0 38234,"the film version",1 84615,"is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by Kieran Culkin .",1 134914,"the best since The Last Waltz",1 178207,"who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 97679,"thrillingly",1 203458,"is somewhat entertaining",1 95516,"the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes",1 217259,"to plodding and back",0 32320,"has more than enough charm to make it memorable",1 66421,"Inventive , fun",1 18415,", happily , a victim of none",1 12751,"veered off too far into the exxon zone",0 14441,"Somewhere short of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes .",0 227397,"` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad .",0 169438,"psychological mess",0 90133,"patronizing",0 140168,"with its moving story",1 200890,"have used my two hours better watching Being John Malkovich again",0 51431,"explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut",1 35075,"of '' Minority Report",1 134808,"the actors involved in the enterprise",1 123871,"is actually funny",1 204313,"its script , which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through",0 16524,"maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts",0 87901,"no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs .",0 234158,"noble failure .",0 181833,"A minor-league soccer remake of The Longest Yard .",0 101560,"'s a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived",1 212455,"stand-up magic wanes .",0 84906,"it 's his strongest performance since The Doors",1 171528,"soft-porn",0 103598,"A frustrating ` tweener ' --",0 93357,"sports-movie triumph",1 165588,"makes no major mistakes",1 50838,"digs deep emotionally ,",1 229663,"can find humor",1 121206,"glaring triteness",0 180406,", Ivan is a prince of a fellow",1 147345,"Mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious and rely on stupidity as a substitute for humor",0 84569,"is reasonably entertaining ,",1 187418,"Some Like It Hot on the Hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .",0 188907,"These self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation",0 67693,"Muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .",1 124230,"is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action .",0 207761,"of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 216875,"to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time",1 192528,"an enthusiastic audience",1 95600,"the feral intensity of the young Bette Davis",1 120378,"for a thirteen-year-old 's book report",0 87238,"more cohesive",1 108610,"Resident",1 76726,"cinematic art",1 70120,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities",1 155936,"can believe this load of junk .",0 48370,"a similarly morose and humorless horror movie",0 143393,"A thinly veiled excuse for Wilson to play his self-deprecating act against Murphy 's well-honed prima donna shtick .",0 145098,"Enough similarities to Gymkata and Howie Long 's Firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs .",0 121286,"good , Sonny",1 227054,"What makes Esther Kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony .",0 208405,"on a pedestal",1 49272,"as fresh",1 23384,", and always interesting",1 214469,"the efforts of a first-rate cast",1 121810,"has never been more charming than in About a Boy .",1 183347,"Denzel Washington 's fine performance",1 203625,"is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate .",0 21238,"little patience",0 117978,"defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .",1 204531,"keeps it fast -- zippy ,",1 88129,"odd bedfellows",0 208688,"only half-an-hour long or",0 127552,"moves between heartbreak and rebellion",1 200342,"had no obvious directing",0 80378,"for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats",1 43023,"with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings",1 101552,"'s a testament to De Niro and director Michael Caton-Jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all",1 218180,"unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast",0 71678,"a flawed human",0 25786,"It is a film that will have people walking out halfway through",0 62112,", non-exploitive approach",1 157826,"does the movie fail to make us part of its reality",0 156297,"cinematic pollution",0 162334,"interesting subject",1 47228,"The quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script",1 173921,"the film misfires at every level",0 54596,"manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant",1 195279,"ca n't rescue Brown Sugar from the curse of blandness .",0 182417,"An imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie",0 100848,"works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times",1 39120,"to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 223986,"If you love reading and\/or poetry , then by all means check it out .",1 108358,"Performances are potent , and",1 83133,"in the process comes out looking like something wholly original",1 48347,"a romantic comedy plotline",1 235630,"sets the tone for a summer of good stuff",1 167301,"of a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly",0 15252,"best screen",1 143063,"A dark , dull thriller with a parting",0 222252,"Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in",1 53621,"is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter .",1 37533,"suspiciously smooth",1 65088,"Director Nancy Savoca 's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could .",1 238809,"will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering",0 172781,"than petty theft of your time",0 19977,"as Anna Battista , an Italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy",0 64455,"Brave and",1 16096,"imaginative ,",1 101325,"'' Laissez-passer ''",0 152841,"accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc",0 132939,"something creepy about this movie",0 120131,"finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of Roger Swanson",1 69271,"The Chateau belongs to Rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms ...",0 172988,"that dreadful Sabrina remake",0 164424,"kill-by-numbers flick",0 85074,"it is that it does n't give a damn",0 229595,"by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 197729,"elaborate futuristic sets",1 164460,"knocks it flat",0 88857,"of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative",1 18699,"As a witness to several Greek-American weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none",1 64181,"Audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but",0 46743,"Sly Stallone",1 102789,", proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 45055,"Despite the 2-D animation",0 116964,"chooses his words carefully",1 207237,"not-so-bright mother and daughter",0 177404,"vehicle to adore the star",1 81314,"grace this deeply touching melodrama .",1 941,"eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend",0 108119,"Often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part .",0 76661,"children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death",1 217337,"to show us why it 's compelling",1 187669,"TV sitcom material",0 193228,"are treated as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras",0 118189,"dialogue and likeable characters",1 49883,"bucked the odds",1 36291,"quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out",1 239162,"you have no interest in the gang-infested",0 155937,"can catch some quality naptime along the way",0 16277,"is paved with good intentions",1 51919,"from a faraway planet",1 222912,"Charlie Hunnam has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a Dickensian hero .",1 48162,"a lot of warmth",1 114812,"as a film in the tradition of The Graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant",0 62320,", there 's something vital about the movie .",1 39152,"to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",1 222813,"But the performances of Pacino , Williams , and Swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through .",1 133856,"taking a fresh approach",1 119468,"excels in spectacle and pacing",1 224499,"Just like a splendid meal , Red Dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .",1 142403,", prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps .",0 65327,"Entirely suspenseful , extremely",1 125824,"laziness and arrogance",0 29744,"brilliance",1 226363,"The movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark Ms. Bullock 's best work in some time",1 226647,"This is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life .",1 106704,"In my opinion , Analyze That is not as funny or entertaining as Analyze This , but",0 180478,", a question comes to mind : So why is this so boring ?",0 163083,"is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us",0 229968,"conversation starter",1 80770,"fun with the quirks of family life",1 226434,"The power of this script , and the performances that come with it ,",1 14533,"This insightful , Oscar-nominated documentary , in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes , gives peace yet another chance .",1 188227,"The filmmakers are playing to the Big Boys in New York and L . A . To that end , they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .",0 184067,"From the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line",0 231989,"in an easily accessible way",1 134456,"that made the first film so special",1 163547,"is unconvincing and criminally badly acted",0 217693,"torments",0 23886,", thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy",1 222579,"Below may not mark Mr. Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream ,",0 116702,"care that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 185750,"Like Mike is a slight and uninventive movie",0 211370,"shapeless and",0 204452,"just does n't work",0 224125,"It 's a masterpeice .",1 228916,"as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave",0 92516,"shocking lack",0 44838,"Call it magic",1 197801,"empathy . If there ai n't none , you have a problem",0 156753,"constitutes cruelty",0 199104,"follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity",0 151029,"Without a strong script and energetic acting , Dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos .",0 213496,"that 's superficial and unrealized",0 98196,"to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate",1 146677,"It feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects",0 19749,"an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format",1 160045,"gets the once-over once again in Gangster No . 1",1 64982,"Deflated",0 53347,"is a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of pathos .",1 24240,": He makes language sexy .",1 21765,"pretty good",1 138190,"topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights",0 73642,"an accessible introduction",1 52238,"grandly",1 14931,"all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them",0 109733,"The effort is sincere",1 159971,"get Carvey into as many silly costumes and",0 137511,"to cram earplugs",0 135621,"the last 15 minutes",1 200906,"he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit",0 172528,"taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor",0 128736,"of its actors",1 33657,"it held my interest from start to finish",1 13366,"you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy",1 143081,"A dumb movie with dumb characters",0 141011,"'m behaving like an idiot",0 102149,"( Tsai 's ) masterpiece",1 169050,"ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning",0 112067,"a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",1 75266,"be familiar",1 136429,"the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid",0 230605,"even the stuffiest cinema goers",1 45760,"It 's tough to watch",0 146186,"If Shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith , why did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ?",0 93711,"subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances",0 93732,"subtle and richly",1 102587,", incoherence and sub-sophomoric",1 197484,"drags , underscoring the obvious",0 67661,"Mr . Day-Lewis roars with leonine power",1 150772,"Well-nigh unendurable ... though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull .",0 229519,"but mush-hearted .",0 93535,"stirs the emotions",1 45066,"Director Claude Chabrol",1 40659,"A gentle , compassionate drama about grief and healing",1 227978,"a labour of love",1 3839,"a gorgeously strange movie",1 11373,"the film 's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise .",1 80390,"for the whole family .",1 14728,"a flattering sense of mystery and quietness",1 139094,"visually speaking",1 69223,"That rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults",1 175124,"their watches",1 183744,"Even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor",0 115604,"be this good",1 89294,"often imaginative",1 131714,"said plenty",0 65823,"Gooding is the energetic frontman ,",1 23698,", is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 222866,"C.H.O. Cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy .",1 190859,"a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub",0 16252,"is destined to be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal .",1 202148,"including a knockout of a closing line",1 189819,"Wobbly Senegalese updating of '' Carmen '' which is best for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",1 130407,"poorly",0 27253,"Witty , touching and well paced .",1 168964,"please those who love movies that blare with pop songs",0 195463,"cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting",0 78802,"elegance and",1 60858,"'s a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture",1 179725,"'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight",0 182489,"Another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt pictures .",0 29746,"brilliant as the sleep-deprived Dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential",1 166214,"more original",1 163555,"is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers off their feet .",0 95277,"the cast is impressive",1 94613,"that delivers on the promise of excitement",1 51283,"entirely convincing",1 12928,"well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher",1 15992,"he somehow pulls it off",1 175822,"to No One",0 65420,"Exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming .",1 21443,"not buy the ideas",0 62816,"A brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel",1 94490,"that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",1 57625,"teary-eyed original",1 23780,", more incredible",1 174218,"the limited chemistry created by Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez",0 29093,"are when he 's getting busy on the basketball court because that 's when he really scores .",1 65910,"Hard , endearing , caring , warm .",1 141533,"'s painful",0 99755,"weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise",1 40223,"with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion",1 63559,"A whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting",1 101762,"'s my advice , Kev . Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line",0 160808,"have been a neat little story about believing in yourself",1 66175,"I know I should n't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old .",1 205595,"made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire .",0 96928,"the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between Jolie and Burns",1 147729,"No reason for anyone to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either .",0 62012,", it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall ! C'mon !",1 42326,"make 'em like that",0 43027,"wondering what will happen to her and",1 86094,"like their romances to have that French realism",1 201463,"hurried , badly cobbled look",0 183038,"Certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike",0 212106,"some fun",1 112575,"a rather unique approach",1 221734,"-- and gross --",0 52458,"have a great time",1 210184,"realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch",0 27461,"a cruelly hilarious vein",1 15175,"at times exhilarating movie",1 40018,"while happily killing 94 minutes",1 42181,"is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly",1 23157,"'s perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie .",1 119516,"exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get",0 190219,"a brainless flibbertigibbet",0 196297,"could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it .",0 221507,", reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake !",0 181144,", you 're a Jet all the way",1 16681,"not exactly a gourmet meal",0 34470,"mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern Beijing culture in a journey of rebellion ,",1 152418,"a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap",0 171671,"something so gross",0 193732,"at best , and not worth seeing unless you want to laugh at it",0 33035,"indicates real talent",1 158871,"fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches )",0 171485,"so stocked with talent",1 224269,"It all comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow .",0 101768,"'s never too late to believe in your dreams .",1 145965,"I 'm sure if you 're a Hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself ... Me , I did n't care for it",0 195991,"comfort and familiarity",1 210217,"really takes off",1 215085,"the most positive thing",1 107426,"Less-than-compelling documentary",0 92347,"sets out",1 209691,"presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and",0 170100,"revitalize the British gangster movie",1 169908,"relatively scant 97 minutes",0 115356,"baffling mixed platter",0 197310,"does n't generate a lot of energy .",0 178291,"whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",0 75977,"brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel",1 148118,"Plays like a volatile and overlong W magazine fashion",0 201342,"hoping that it would be sleazy and fun",1 221978,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips",1 196689,"definitive , if disingenuous , feature",0 215166,"the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .",0 134195,"that George Lucas can only dream of",1 146867,"Jennifer Lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry Ben Affleck",0 189353,"Unfunny and",0 47303,"The work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences",1 61005,"'s easy to like",1 227857,"a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom",1 212112,"some good laughs",1 95184,"the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring Wesley Snipes",1 180787,", look at that clever angle ! Wow , a jump cut !",0 9493,"one of the year 's best films",1 7728,"is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine",0 44644,"Bad Love ''",0 24461,"A smart",1 84939,"it 's quite fun in places",1 233030,"it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",0 88487,"of comedic bliss",1 138906,"vainly , I think",0 92295,"sentimental war movies",1 171497,"so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes",0 101895,"'s sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately , not very compelling or much fun .",0 175548,"this stinker",0 203021,"is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way",0 139801,"who would not likely be so stupid as to get",0 68796,"Simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .",1 236257,"taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 64993,"Delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle",1 193422,"as boring and as obvious",0 47457,"Tosca is a real treat .",1 102912,", the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .",0 163172,"is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever",1 126793,"many of these gross",0 116707,"careens from one colorful event to another",1 112352,"a mostly boring affair",0 163724,"it all went wrong",0 179595,"'s actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places",0 27827,"a sleepy afternoon rental",0 41474,"a smart script and",1 215939,"the worst of tragedies",0 233299,"late fees",0 201419,"however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 33453,"is one of the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men .",1 166880,"no tension",0 148578,"Shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera",0 202300,"insufficiently cathartic",0 134921,"the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John",0 150802,"What 's needed so badly but what is virtually absent here is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy .",0 197772,"emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show",0 15733,"family-oriented",1 97308,"things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk",1 140492,"worth particular",1 190117,"a ` guy 's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .",0 122546,"how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie",0 70723,"We want the funk - and this movie 's got it",1 104625,"Ballistic :",1 33852,"its shortcomings",0 187433,"Some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen",0 62584,"... in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint .",1 7822,"is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film",0 31664,"finest American film",1 20134,"both unflinching and tantalizing",1 212331,"spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 178600,"with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor",0 234916,"performances , great to look at , and funny",1 59399,"to the nonconformist in us all",1 156528,"come off too amateurish and awkward",0 183981,"For casual moviegoers who stumble into Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek , they 'll probably run out screaming .",0 204280,"its paint fights , motorized scooter chases",0 94093,"take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire",0 68560,"Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles ,",0 197473,"drag as soon as the action speeds up",0 221727,"-- Conrad L. Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .",1 150653,"Video games are more involving than this mess .",0 28314,"an agreeable time-wasting device -- but George Pal 's low-tech 1960 version still rules the epochs",1 216686,"throwing up his hands in surrender",0 154580,"badly focused",0 174323,"the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture",1 128217,"obligatory cheap",0 15599,"draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg .",1 74947,"at least three films",1 15079,"and sincere",1 238970,"work the words `` radical '' or `` suck ''",0 166052,"misses the brilliance of Jelinek 's novel by some way",0 67730,"My Big Fat Greek Wedding '' comes from the heart",1 10089,"remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written",1 52201,"good sitcom",1 55673,"offend",0 159258,"florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock",0 124036,"is fantastic",1 153874,"are mean giggles and pulchritude .",0 12118,"this crude ,",0 67321,"Love -- very much",1 1634,"losing",0 95740,"the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .",1 60436,"wo n't be disappointed",1 28847,"and the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be ...",1 212372,"spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek )",0 67041,"Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .",1 217244,"to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie",1 114163,"an uneasy blend of Ghost",0 210498,"resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",1 39883,"we 've all seen bits of in other films",0 85107,"it needs",0 4437,"afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen 's men is finally just one long drag .",0 145406,"For Caine Lovers only .",0 192842,"another genre exercise ,",0 219476,"will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting . ''",0 137321,"to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours",0 128520,"of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick",1 25901,"Kinnear does n't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth .",1 74162,"any less entertaining",1 109815,"The film itself is about something very interesting and odd that",1 25850,"Jason X has cheesy effects and a hoary plot",0 193192,"are so unmemorable",0 75879,"bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes",1 117133,"coherent , believable story",1 90043,"parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .",1 65419,"Exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming",1 167923,"of your relatives",1 218574,"visual charm",1 75688,"big-hearted and frequently funny thrill",1 122961,"in charm",1 135844,"the murk of its own making",0 143467,"Abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists .",0 31589,"fiascoes",1 143911,"As it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .",0 25178,"Earns",1 128644,"of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating character 's story",1 234622,"offbeat humor , amusing characters , and",1 165399,"machismo and over-the-top",0 25156,"Does what a fine documentary does best : It extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively .",1 230500,"embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St. Petersburg 's Hermitage Museum",1 70317,"This sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .",1 228036,"a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn",1 52352,"hard to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 65853,"Great fun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex",1 220910,"'s no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater",1 115318,"backed by sheer nerve",1 179805,"'s just plain boring",0 104803,"Boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .",1 117054,"clever and suspenseful",1 85413,"its stupidity or",0 180967,", the film becomes predictably conventional .",0 22931,"you wo n't want to miss About A Boy .",1 160356,"grim , flat and boring",0 178093,"where gay porn reaches for serious drama",0 138580,"uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd",0 216650,"through contrived plot points",0 51691,"finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona",1 126114,"like no other film in recent history",1 148335,"Romijn-Stamos",1 103664,"A journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick ,",1 64374,"Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get",1 201405,"how much he runs around and acts like a doofus",0 161815,"in all of its banality",0 43228,"'s compelling and heartfelt",1 62483,"-- elegant technology for the masses --",1 183915,"Fessenden continues to do interesting work ,",1 86878,"maudlin or",0 227551,"`` One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? ''",0 208387,"on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach",1 107448,"Like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy .",0 19406,"We get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of Americana that Hollywood could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed .",1 132412,"showing them heartbreakingly drably",0 165948,"might want to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project",0 63387,"A smart , compelling drama .",1 42735,"takes a very open-minded approach",1 181242,". Disgusting .",0 155245,"biggest offense",0 58936,"they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting .",1 39930,"well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll",1 533,"back-stabbing , inter-racial",0 16496,"lovable Siberian huskies -LRB- plus one sheep dog -RRB-",1 31562,"feels empty and unsatisfying , like swallowing a Communion wafer without the wine",0 180924,", soggy potboiler",0 212486,"stare and sniffle , respectively , as Ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .",0 150290,"This overproduced and generally disappointing effort",0 112986,"a visual treat for all audiences",1 100324,"win you over , in a big way",1 93979,"suspense , intriguing characters and",1 175243,"they missed the boat .",0 53881,"it will just as likely make you weep ,",1 106898,"It 's like an old Warner Bros . costumer jived with sex -- this could be the movie Errol Flynn always wanted to make , though Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him .",1 48321,"a really special walk in the woods",1 50335,"compelling yarn",1 18345,", a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite .",1 197599,"dull plots",0 86225,"long , intricate , star-studded and",1 21741,"portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by Per Christian Ellefsen",1 188024,"The characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament .",0 110052,"The only thing I laughed at",0 1316,"infuses",1 75378,"beautifully sung holiday carol",1 162955,"is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor .",1 117725,"cringing",0 67921,"Now as a former Gong Show addict",1 52523,"he shows them the respect they are due",1 129049,"of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience",1 113989,"an emotional level , funnier ,",1 120239,"flawless film , ( Wang )",1 233987,"movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular",1 149826,"The script kicks in , and",1 8900,"moving along",0 7261,"i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks .",0 175383,"this film , which is immaculately produced",1 198394,"exquisite trappings",1 225134,"Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully",1 151024,"Witherspoon 's talents",1 6658,"free of the usual thriller nonsense",1 204876,"less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates",0 63433,"A strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being .",1 73587,"amiably idiosyncratic work",1 234509,"of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story",0 176856,"tries too hard , and",0 48847,"amiable and committed",1 140314,"without ever succumbing to sentimentality",1 228413,"agonizing bore",0 113644,"all the filmmakers need to do",1 9490,"one of the smartest",1 84702,"is that it 's too close to real life to make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn .",1 133337,"stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time",0 13641,", the benchmark against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured",1 189713,"While you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet",1 89421,"on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed",1 237778,"to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 189480,"We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 102323,", Sex with Strangers is a success .",1 219334,"who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance",0 62782,"A beautifully observed character piece .",1 39526,"two strangers in town",1 38237,"the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .",1 166942,"not by characters but by caricatures",0 175164,"there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 19334,"The stunning , dreamlike visuals will impress even those viewers who have little patience for Euro-film pretension .",1 96930,"the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days :",1 86303,"looks closely , insightfully",1 11478,"the good , which is its essential problem",0 230647,"exactly what it wants to be",1 219996,"works , including its somewhat convenient ending .",1 29369,"bad journey",0 223972,"If you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of `` The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else .",1 168951,"plays like a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version of Tank Girl",0 174103,"the impossible task",1 143287,"A real clunker . A well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker",0 63070,"A generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually",1 11864,"the scuzzy underbelly",0 125417,"its welcome with audiences several years",1 134484,"that never",0 69388,"The actresses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness .",1 162590,"is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .",0 119858,"feel fresh",1 128710,"of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",0 39203,"to have one helluva time at the movies",1 215660,"the spirit of good clean fun",1 30948,"dramatic momentum",1 79377,"evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean .",1 224821,"More mature than Fatal Attraction , more complete than Indecent Proposal and",1 34790,"n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",0 205178,"listless sci-fi comedy",0 175234,"they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery",0 31009,"edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements",0 45659,"In its dry and forceful way , it delivers the same message as Jiri Menzel 's Closely Watched Trains and Danis Tanovic 's No Man 's Land .",1 163164,"is not nearly up",0 110494,"This is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice .",1 193190,"are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion",0 32095,"glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue",1 30504,"crime drama",0 184680,"I like all four of the lead actors a lot and",1 112182,"a lack of clarity and audacity",0 101075,"you 've got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out",1 124727,"is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .",0 77427,"could have and should have been deeper",0 30831,"discontented",0 40998,"It 's often infuriatingly glib and posturing , and",0 82482,"how its makers actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 77541,"creates an impeccable sense of place",1 133760,"sweet and gentle",1 68638,"Scotland looks wonderful",1 120110,"find that real natural , even-flowing tone",1 211808,"sloppy slapstick",0 137575,"to faith and rainbows",1 123937,"is as padded as Allen 's jelly belly",0 104228,"Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin",1 112038,"a good line",1 39678,"unsettlingly familiar figure",0 48719,"after being snared in its own tangled plot",0 98937,"undeniable energy",1 76609,"charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate",1 101480,"'s Lovely and Amazing ,",1 29479,"becomes a heady experience .",1 42987,"well-observed and",1 124546,"is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that Rob Schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl .",0 191750,"about it will stay with you",1 126625,"make it well worth watching",1 169688,"ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design",1 100942,"would say , yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner '",1 202796,"is better than you might think",1 228764,"are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .",0 172173,"stupidly named Pipe Dream",0 182500,"Any Chekhov is better than no Chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",0 26462,"Rich",1 106810,"It 's a good film , but it falls short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic '",1 72300,"a ripping good yarn",1 180543,", beautifully costumed",1 168389,"other , better films , especially Seven",0 179870,"'s no place for this story to go but down",0 181127,", wide-smiling reception",1 119673,"fairly unsettling scenes",0 219705,"with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves",0 26423,"Rarely do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding .",1 10749,"stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily",0 125940,"lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human",1 225769,"Should have gone straight to video .",0 76751,"cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales",0 45077,"Dirty",0 229852,"clichés and mawkish dialogue",0 9884,"provocative",1 137051,"this so-called satire",0 184236,"Greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor",0 6021,"documentary-like credibility",1 4860,"as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe",0 169995,"repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented",0 207286,"nowhere fast",0 85599,"keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats",1 42460,"play out as a clever , charming tale",1 220602,"'ll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment",0 178571,"with few moments of joy rising above the stale material",0 223702,"How do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ?",0 75597,"best sex comedy",1 226989,"We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .",0 42192,"is nearly perfect in its relentless descent",1 198571,"farcical and loathsome .",0 215631,"the slow , lingering death of imagination",0 7011,"hate",0 184793,"If The Full Monty was a freshman fluke , Lucky Break is ( Cattaneo ) sophomore slump .",0 219157,"when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic .",0 72126,"a pianist , but a good human being",1 116330,"but not especially compelling",0 136961,"this is a story without surprises",0 154615,"based in insipid vulgarity",0 176322,"to provide a mix of smiles and tears , '' Crossroads '' instead provokes",0 167398,"of cheesy old Godzilla flicks",0 84490,"is not quite the career peak",0 176999,"turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull .",0 105208,"Consistently clever and suspenseful",1 79802,"female friendship ,",1 75253,"be delightfully compatible here",1 92315,"seriousness and quality",1 26713,"The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible",1 237084,"the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1 179958,"'s really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .",0 64204,"Awesome work : ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably powerful",1 9325,"of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore",0 59205,"to cheap manipulation or corny conventions",0 16275,"is nature against progress . In Fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .",1 2396,"starts playing like general hospital crossed with a Saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon",0 195128,"by a lackluster script and substandard performances",0 204813,"leaves a lot to be desired",0 139835,"why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , Sand and Musset are worth particular attention",1 124042,"is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love",1 56905,"she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession",1 161413,"hope -- shall we ? -- that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly '' inspired '' was a lot funnier",0 194882,"bother with a contemptible imitator starring a ''",0 155523,"broad stereotypes and",0 154287,"as unpleasant",0 45778,"It does give a taste of the Burning Man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity .",1 123983,"is definitely a director to watch .",1 216516,"this unpleasantness",0 71106,"Yong Kang",1 193038,"are as contrived and artificial",0 212779,"subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other",0 67904,"Not quite as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers",0 225455,"Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script",1 94301,"tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short",1 155006,"been written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover",0 202278,"inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought",1 91474,"remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film , with its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing",1 210841,"say who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",1 20121,"big , dumb , happy",1 14287,"More a load of enjoyable , Conan-esque claptrap than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures represent .",1 70904,"While somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you 've got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out .",1 106569,"If H . G . Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? ` It looks good , Sonny , but you missed the point . '",0 65256,"Eerily accurate depiction of depression",1 90529,"possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance",1 162842,"is constantly",1 182382,"An awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism",0 104424,"Another useless recycling of a brutal mid - '70s American sports movie",0 87603,"much of Jonah simply , and gratefully ,",1 148018,"Parker probably thinks he 's shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have",0 75323,"be spectacularly outrageous",1 87437,"most magical",1 54187,"leaves a positive impression",1 95120,"the always hilarious Meara and",1 171468,"so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine",0 123589,"into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and",1 95232,"the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time",1 203082,"is loopy and ludicrous",0 157438,"difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",0 180023,"'s the funniest American comedy since Graffiti Bridge",1 132466,"signature style",1 188720,"The story is predictable , the jokes are typical Sandler fare , and the romance with Ryder is puzzling .",0 79429,"exciting plot",1 99475,"visually flashy",1 213530,"that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 236508,"that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but",0 192605,"an interesting character to begin with",1 114904,"as filling as the treat of the title",1 64456,"Brave and sweetly",1 53715,"it 'd be more accurate to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",1 43502,", absurd ,",0 187832,"The Master of Disguise is awful . It 's Pauly Shore awful . Do n't say you were n't warned .",0 24017,", you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie .",1 40361,"worth seeing",1 43315,"'s slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue",0 225052,"Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine",1 217537,"together frustrating difficult",0 34658,"most significant moviegoing pleasures",1 180222,"( The film 's ) taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of Tom Green and the Farrelly Brothers .",0 176589,"too boring , and occasionally annoying",0 223289,"Every sequel you skip",0 59689,"unfilmable",0 86834,"marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .",1 53497,"is impressive",1 59371,"to the background -- a welcome step",1 3090,"well , skip to another review",0 68608,"Sayles has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group .",1 234069,"need not apply .",0 42175,"is fair ,",1 13082,"will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 206455,"more tacky and reprehensible",0 179224,"your least favorite",0 24106,". Still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .",1 121159,"give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice",1 30437,"could n't help being captivated by it",1 239065,"wrote Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven",0 150510,"Trivial where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere .",0 124662,"is the central flaw of the film",0 41076,"Makes S&M seem very romantic , and Maggie Gyllenhaal is a delight",1 42019,"gorgeous imagery , effective performances ,",1 111888,"a few cute moments",1 106916,"It 's nice to see Piscopo again after all these years , and Chaykin and Headly are priceless .",1 41995,"give you",1 184621,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problem ... it 's supposed to be a drama",0 157931,"drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational",0 63950,"An uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from American cinema .",1 220797,"'s drab",0 106644,"If you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor",1 173015,"that graze the funny bone",1 32278,"has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it",1 214875,"the interior lives of the characters in his film",1 130887,"queasy infatuation and overall strangeness",0 14934,"all the way",1 212405,"spy action flick with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together",0 180191,"( Seagal 's )",1 124012,"is easily as bad at a fraction the budget",0 203308,"is original",1 87334,"more than ably",1 47484,"Tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances .",1 228908,"as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics",0 99627,"was more melodramatic",0 145519,"Full of witless",0 162592,"is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",0 144028,"Ballhaus",1 102987,", unfunny one",0 105965,"Generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters",1 55200,"of American society in an unnerving way",0 171425,"so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy",0 20908,"in power in retrospect",1 127526,"mothers ,",0 93311,"spiffy animated feature",1 63812,"Among the many pleasures are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations .",1 98261,"to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again",0 191350,"a sloppy script",0 52994,"in the film 's verbal pokes",1 81560,"hard to conceive anyone else in their roles",1 72339,"a screwed-up man",0 30608,"dead-end",0 76088,"but not sophomoric )",1 81419,"grow boring ...",0 32033,"gets just about everything right .",1 76049,"burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 126915,"may prove to be ( Tsai 's ) masterpiece",1 33865,"its two predecessors",1 213894,"that their charm does n't do a load of good",0 13010,"whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please",0 218043,"ultimate thrills . Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance",0 34769,"mysterious",1 87762,"need to see it",1 124046,"is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression",0 170122,"riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through",0 36508,"reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks",0 156075,"case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions",1 120191,"fitting",1 12269,"through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather",1 84766,"is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .",1 115864,"beneath it",0 205226,"little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out",0 83885,"is a sort of geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",1 229216,"be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes",0 3632,"a change in ( herzog 's ) personal policy",1 7582,"intelligent",1 150660,"Villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in Bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ) .",0 12421,"to slowtime",0 26776,"The continued good chemistry",1 33633,"it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 62328,", this Oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .",1 199656,"fuddled",0 180648,", future Lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter",0 219332,"who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up",0 229616,"ca n't hide the giant Achilles ' heel in `` Stuart Little 2 `` : There 's just no story , folks .",0 163152,"is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false",0 39380,"too commercial",0 151185,"\ \/ Fred",0 235985,"spotlights the underlying caste system in America",1 188263,"The great pity",0 212795,"substantial or fresh",1 26925,"The warm presence of Zhao Benshan",1 111423,"` The War of the Roses , ' trailer-trash style . Entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel .",0 158480,"ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up",0 157143,"dead-eyed",0 103393,"A 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor .",0 175840,"to a canter",1 195795,"climax and , worst of all",0 69949,"The story line may be 127 years old , but El Crimen del Padre Amaro ... could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the Catholic establishment .",1 40296,"within its warm",1 212630,"straining to produce another smash",0 79301,"ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 48080,"a good yarn --",1 8011,"its charming quirks",1 33783,"its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story )",1 157282,"depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast",0 202850,"is dark , brooding and slow , and",0 64414,"Boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp",1 35013,"nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . And in this regard , On Guard delivers .",1 62767,"A Song",1 106813,"It 's a pity that ( Nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition",0 171041,"shun",0 163433,"is that rather than dramatizing this premise , Mr . Desplechin is content to state it",0 148715,"Solondzian satire and callow student film",0 204189,"its expiry date long gone",0 144599,"Contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone",1 51899,"freshly",1 83926,"is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut .",1 124008,"is dudsville",0 188506,"The origin story is well told ,",1 157776,"does n't make the cut",0 22984,"'' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 97450,"this kind of material is more effective on stage . It 's not a motion picture",0 127328,"more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes",0 50244,"colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill .",1 29786,"but I cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film .",1 52220,"gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1 204432,"just another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows",0 54629,"mar an otherwise excellent film . A powerful performance from Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16",1 94302,"tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short and",1 119351,"even non-techies can enjoy",1 124452,"is pretty much the same all over",0 182905,"Bread , My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . It may even fall into the category of Films You Love to Hate . I admit it , I hate to like it .",0 187600,"Strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose",1 123914,"is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love .",1 154182,"as if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s",0 217925,"turn nasty and tragic",0 36235,"purest and , yes , most intimidating",1 147462,"Mocking",0 199076,"flounders under the weight of too many story lines .",0 85505,"jolts the laughs",1 176076,"to discern flimsy screenplays",0 17076,"refreshingly novel",1 127419,"most certainly has a new career ahead of him",1 163175,"is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap",0 124121,"is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring",0 223242,"Enough said , except : Film overboard !",0 194810,"booking passage",1 180797,", luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain",0 176445,"to take itself too seriously",0 180062,"'s undone by a sloppy script",0 206505,"most excruciating 86 minutes",0 39584,"under our skin",0 223445,"Fun and nimble .",1 172585,"technical gibberish",0 48008,"a fascinating glimpse",1 136288,"the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes",0 153757,"appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen",0 51483,"fairly slow paced",0 96608,"the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of Gator-bashing are consistently delightful .",1 204185,"its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow",0 36369,"realistic interaction between the characters",1 213646,"that had no obvious directing involved",0 93071,"some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ) -",1 104769,"Black Hawk Down with more heart .",1 36867,"shake up the formula and make it more interesting .",1 150216,"This is a great subject for a movie ,",1 106461,"I hate myself most mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",1 191148,"a promising work-in-progress",1 47862,"a certain degree of wit and dignity",1 57127,"so terrifying I 'm still stunned . And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on",1 192988,"appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 187621,"Suffers from a decided lack of creative storytelling",0 118865,"easily dismissive",0 177200,"unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece",0 210079,"rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture .",0 122798,"impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect",1 99070,"unlike last year 's lame Musketeer , this Dumas adaptation entertains",1 113208,"about the plight of American Indians in modern America",1 28924,"and you 'll want to slap them .",0 13249,"worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",0 192826,"another breathless movie",1 140061,"with a hack script",0 143823,"Another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues .",0 93276,"special qualities",1 228172,"a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety",0 123808,"is a poster boy for the geek generation . '",1 101396,"'ll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State .",1 20557,"fine valedictory work",1 162843,"is constantly being interrupted by Elizabeth Hurley in a bathing suit",0 61418,"( Denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film",1 61791,", beyond the astute direction of Cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .",1 94734,"that it 's too close to real life to make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn",1 163873,"it misses too many opportunities",0 102830,", slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic",0 202496,"is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein",0 50911,"distortions",0 44330,"A very funny romantic comedy about two skittish New York middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles .",1 61746,", and beautifully shot",1 148562,"Shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors ...",0 129958,"painfully redundant and inauthentic",0 173964,"the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog",0 75349,"be wholesome and subversive at the same time",1 225566,"Ranges from laugh-out-loud",1 92586,"should shame Americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame",0 146718,"It made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen .",0 120069,"filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle . Instead",1 73260,"adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover",1 54495,"majestic",1 233542,"lose their luster when flattened onscreen .",0 149298,"The director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing",0 176220,"to justify its two-hour running time",0 107220,"Jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts .",0 23896,", the cinematic collage Naqoyqatsi could be the most navel-gazing film ever .",0 68231,"Playing a role of almost Bergmanesque intensity ... Bisset is both convincing and radiant .",1 230009,"coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some",1 19300,"The best movie of its kind since ` Brazil . ' Lucas , take notes . This is how you use special effects .",1 159848,"funny bits surfacing every once in a while",0 71617,"a feature debut",1 180013,"'s surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits",0 206915,"never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier",0 194979,"brought down by lousy direction",0 35253,"of friendships between women",1 165740,"may be the most tuneless tune",0 80358,"for the fleeting joys of love 's brief moment",1 236691,"the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned",0 39613,"unequivocally",1 84218,"is full of charm .",1 158165,"embarrassingly",0 95178,"the best actor",1 159453,"for once",1 138293,"treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate",1 26105,"More honest about Alzheimer 's disease",1 121,"a brilliant , absurd",1 190531,"a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous",0 132358,"should not",0 60709,"'ll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 205885,"match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try",0 180521,", artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong",0 230871,"flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation",0 154533,"bad , he 's really bad",0 231460,"has n't much more to serve than silly fluff",0 172872,"that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them",0 7661,"is a masterpiece",1 54432,"loyalty",1 116968,"chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar .",0 111302,"Yes , I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care , so I did n't",0 188208,"The film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .",0 195181,"by lousy direction",0 86651,"makes the film special",1 23942,", this white-trash satire",0 88142,"oddly honest",1 112022,"a glorified sitcom",0 94506,"that , like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough",1 64800,"Consummate actor Barry has done excellent work here .",1 69631,"The heart of the film is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death .",1 229927,"commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals",1 233,"a pleasant enough romance",1 186892,"Reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .",0 26962,"These are lives worth watching , paths worth following .",1 20942,"insight and celebratory verve",1 4727,"another car chase , explosion",0 166400,"movie that hovers somewhere between an acute character study and a trite power struggle .",0 189812,"Witless and utterly pointless .",0 142256,", it 's all bad .",0 230913,"for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge",0 181560,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ...",0 202783,"is banal in its message and the choice of material",0 37408,"stupendous",1 48474,"a visceral sense of its characters ' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above ... what could have been a melodramatic , Lifetime Channel-style anthology",1 63037,"A first-class , thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film .",1 116283,"bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension",0 177865,"well , it 's also rarely coherent .",0 148890,"Stuffy , full of itself",0 84380,"is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once ... a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller",1 190680,"a grating endurance test",0 47567,"Watching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy .",1 132789,"so sloppy , so uneven , so",0 84618,"is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .",1 91744,"roars with leonine power",1 75531,"being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances",0 177316,"upstage",0 146920,"Jolie 's performance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips .",0 189559,"What Madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once",0 213322,"terrible adaptation",0 49563,"bears out as your typical junkie opera",0 111341,"You can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored",1 192815,"annoyed",0 195536,"caused",1 12096,"they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 53647,"is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday",1 38262,"the full assault of Reno 's immense wit and insight",1 106612,"If you 're a Crocodile Hunter fan",1 58409,"the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",0 1612,"literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",1 159832,"funnier and more innocent",1 140866,"your pulse ever racing",1 216349,"this as one of the worst films of the summer . Or for the year , for that matter",0 165568,"makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism",0 87440,"most magical and most fun family fare",1 163442,"is the Danish idea of a good time",1 109190,"Steven Soderbergh does n't remake Andrei Tarkovsky 's Solaris so much as distill it .",0 106157,"Has all the hallmarks of a movie",1 57315,"starts out",1 139907,"will find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination",1 102735,", naturally dramatic",1 210314,"rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes",0 126878,"may be as history",1 32243,"hallucinatory production design",1 166505,"must-see list",1 216526,"this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 143297,"A recipe for cinematic disaster ... part Quentin Tarantino , part Guy Ritchie , and part 1960s spy spoof , it 's all bad .",0 82142,"heralds something special",1 66283,"If you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer . Otherwise , maybe .",1 112995,"a war tribute",1 203256,"is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live .",0 182131,"Abandon '' will",1 45378,"Girls Ca n't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre .",1 29306,"at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero",0 6456,"feels less like a change in ( herzog 's ) personal policy than a half-hearted fluke .",0 61334,"'s undeniably hard to follow",0 19031,"Just what",0 222097,"A surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director Malcolm D. Lee and writer John Ridley .",1 118961,"elicits strong performances from his cast",1 124006,"is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors",0 222765,"But it 's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle .",0 211359,"shallower",0 225750,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M. Night Shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace :",0 223970,"If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !",0 20674,"gorgeous places",1 23979,", well-acted tale",1 122890,"in a giant pile of elephant feces",0 143848,"Anyone who can count to five ( the film 's target market ? ) can see where this dumbed-down concoction is going .",0 182429,"An inexperienced director ,",0 238747,"will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks",0 118418,"do bad things",0 52478,"have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema .",1 217655,"too painfully",0 188775,"The world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese .",1 142441,", sometimes maddeningly slow film",0 187762,"The Chateau ... is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .",0 161136,"here 's a sadistic bike flick that would have made Vittorio De Sica proud .",1 5772,"could young romantics out on a date",1 213755,"that makes all the difference",1 189580,"What goes on for the 110 minutes of '' Panic Room '' is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals .",0 61700,", The Guys is a somber trip worth taking .",1 82734,"impervious",0 180841,", nonconformist values , What to Do in Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking .",0 146291,"In an effort , I suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy .",0 86470,"made of little moments",1 51191,"ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned . And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on",1 201292,"holds promise ,",1 61412,"( Cho 's face is ) an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots .",1 178553,"with concept films",1 194839,"boring despite the scenery",0 2345,"some good , organic",1 17137,"safe",1 104823,"Both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics .",1 113718,"almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of Don Simpson",0 194088,"be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included",0 170037,"resembles a bad high school production of Grease , without benefit of song",0 230764,"feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story .",0 197776,"emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook",0 153460,"an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early Zucker Brothers\/Abrahams films , and",1 152927,"actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s",1 201299,"hollow at its emotional core",0 103068,"- worst of all -",0 217541,"toilet humor ,",0 132698,"snazzy dialogue",1 1914,"of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds",1 140929,"'' What John does is heroic , but we do n't condone it , '' one of the film 's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .",0 168305,"only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them",0 181076,", tiresome nature",0 168870,"picture postcard",1 16,"' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family",1 126489,"lukewarm and quick to pass",0 157349,"destructive",0 121844,"has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had",0 216162,"there surrender $ 9",0 21099,"it does n't have more flashes of insight",0 63200,"A movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well .",1 151999,"a lot less sensational",0 202774,"is awful . It 's Pauly Shore awful . Do n't say you were n't warned",0 194849,"borrows heavily from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own",0 172042,"stops the blood flow to your brain",0 107190,"Jewish parents",1 221960,"A collage of clichés and a dim echo of allusions to other films .",0 97944,"to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images",1 173772,"the dunce",0 177628,"was Chen Kaige 's assistant for years in China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about .",0 185449,"Jason X is this bad on purpose is never clear . But",0 230047,"creepy stories",1 225351,"Otherwise , this could be a passable date film .",0 183705,"Enthusiastically",1 120830,"fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed",1 9586,"painfully formulaic",0 50115,"change moods are treasures and even marvels . So",1 107831,"Move over Bond :",1 192078,"agile performers",1 187960,"The author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating : others may find it baffling .",0 201569,"if pointless excursion",0 74189,"anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 69828,"The pleasure of Read My Lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string . We 're drawn in by the dark luster .",1 61795,", boredom never takes hold .",1 163411,"is taking another bummer of a wrong turn",0 146022,"I can take infantile humor ... but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 106396,"I 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept ,",1 232248,"is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all",1 169532,"putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank",0 199619,"from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 147419,"Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel . The story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm ,",0 226532,"The vampire thriller Blade II starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out",0 135092,"the delight of discovery",1 216098,"there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 232936,"it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .",1 84826,"is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from King Hunk .",1 195136,"by amateurish",0 5750,"convoluted",0 184702,"I realized the harsh reality of my situation",0 143045,"A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious",0 64490,"Brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women 's depression",1 86232,"long enough to read the subtitles",1 229410,"bitter and truthful",1 216747,"tired old",0 91462,"remarkably mature",1 130412,"poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad , Harvard Man",0 92165,"seems to elicit a chuckle",1 58128,"the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and a fairly effective one at that",1 111343,"You can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ... audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter",1 38658,"the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry",1 40562,"'s definitely -- defiantly --",1 131369,"replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks",0 234019,"muted freak-out",0 3108,"wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend . '",0 213036,"swaggers through his scenes",1 72264,"a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically",1 111624,"a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror .",0 91762,"roiling",0 11832,"the riveting",1 228783,"are both superb , while Huppert ... is magnificent .",1 50198,"clarity and emotional",1 81153,"glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit",1 229446,"both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",1 202913,"is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow",0 76565,"chance to learn , to grow , to travel",1 25337,"For the first time since Desperately Seeking Susan , Madonna does n't suck as an actress .",1 150605,"Uzumaki 's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse ...",0 28752,"and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues",1 181657,"A fast-paced",1 69745,"The movie is brilliant , really . It is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events .",1 153425,"an innocuous game of fill-in -",0 26748,"The WWII drama",1 119130,"enjoyed Barbershop . It 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters",1 89804,"otherwise delightful",1 227310,"You walk out of The Good Girl with mixed emotions -- disapproval of Justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions .",1 93992,"suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary",1 124210,"is like nothing we Westerners have seen before .",1 3013,"ugly ideas",0 5962,"difficult",0 234401,"of cute animals and clumsy people",1 111331,"You 've already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles , but it 's worth yet another visit",1 15287,"bouncy animation and catchy songs",1 30669,"deliciously",1 7922,"it cold",0 221629,", they ca n't go wrong .",1 7375,"imagine o . henry 's the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene . merry friggin ' christmas !",0 98580,"touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy",1 54708,"memorable performance",1 80643,"from seeming predictably formulaic",0 95154,"the audience gets pure escapism",1 50365,"conceptual feat",1 102816,", sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment .",0 162645,"is a movie that has no interest in itself .",0 135167,"the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short of poetry",0 172662,"term an '' ambitious failure",0 73658,"an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep",1 40746,"All the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit",1 99661,"watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises .",1 8421,"life on the rez is no picnic : this picture shows you why .",1 60789,"'s a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 52060,"gentle film",1 29749,"brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli",1 175427,"this interesting time",1 16414,"keeps you diverted and best of all",1 221956,"A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against ... well , just stuff",0 224166,"It 's been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion .",1 108838,"Secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism .",1 109468,"The Pool drowned me in boredom .",0 223156,"Disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies",0 141023,"'m not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening",0 94212,"taps into some powerful emotions",1 215743,"the talents of its attractive young leads",1 11818,"the relentless horror on parade",0 146200,"If somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son , they 'd come up with something like Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler .",0 134492,"that noble , trembling incoherence",1 226619,"Thin period piece",0 234156,"no.",0 224837,"Mostly Martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice --",0 102824,", sidesplitting",1 99283,"valiantly",1 195501,"cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style",0 89271,"offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor .",1 53172,"international acclaim",1 44192,"A painfully funny ode to bad behavior .",1 135325,"the film has a lot of charm .",1 189997,"` Stock up on silver bullets for director Neil Marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '",1 72329,"a satisfying crime drama",1 22543,"to satisfy as grown-up escapism",1 117473,"contemporary Chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen",1 159949,"genre conventions , character types and formulaic conflict resolutions",0 80403,"for us",1 88924,"of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart",1 212925,"superficially written characters ramble",0 62908,"A dazzling dream",1 184190,"Goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ...",1 171571,"some genuine spontaneity",1 191060,"a parallel clone-gag",0 137912,"to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",1 162027,"in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay",0 20583,"for its historical significance alone",1 6913,"had all its vital essence scooped out and",0 106770,"Iraqi factory",1 6900,"gunfight",0 233063,"it look as though they are having so much fun",1 107535,"Love '' is a little like a chocolate milk moustache",1 42305,"loses its bite",0 187538,"Starts off witty and sophisticated and",1 127106,"milks drama when she should be building suspense",0 204828,"left in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 184489,"Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it . ''",0 12038,"the witless",0 183759,"Even when Crush departs from the 4W formula ... it feels like a glossy rehash .",0 68644,"Scott 's convincing portrayal",1 106176,"Has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short",0 133314,"stimulating & heart-rate-raising",1 54737,"might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 211708,"sitcom material",0 38178,"the expense of cheap-looking monsters",0 152843,"accomplished .",1 30438,"could not be improved upon",1 69883,"The screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time",0 39284,"to see the subtleties of Ramsay 's portrait of grief",1 75146,"balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . Something for everyone",1 133547,"successful adaptation",1 165286,"loses steam towards the middle and never",0 238324,"very ugly ,",0 82529,"hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to",1 63602,"A zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded Elvis fans ( but by no means all ) will have fun with .",1 3488,"10",1 35784,"or the emotional integrity of the performances",1 36910,"shines through each frame",1 100893,"worth the journey",1 206870,"need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter",0 137420,"to be interesting",1 43771,", trust and loyalty",1 162379,"into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either",0 92686,"since Ghostbusters",1 231019,"from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition",0 212062,"solid acting",1 214003,"the Beast should definitely get top billing . Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in and steals the show",1 53783,"it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings",1 160618,"has a script ( by Paul Pender ) made of wood",0 94051,"swooping down on a string of exotic locales",1 159662,"freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class",0 177190,"unfunny madcap comedy",0 70325,"This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly ,",0 165326,"love that feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes",0 53501,"is inspiring",1 160063,"getting the better of obnoxious adults",0 13305,"written",1 223984,"If you like quirky , odd movies and\/or the ironic , here 's a fun one .",1 227402,"`` ... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time",0 181464,"90 minutes of playing opposite each other Bullock and Grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene",0 20371,"desperate",0 42134,"inventively detailed and",1 45439,"Harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness .",1 21969,"simply sublime",1 228492,"altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece",0 209701,"presumes",1 34922,"no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself",1 201001,"heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment",0 216262,"thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time",0 74674,"as endearing and easy",1 5710,"considerable",1 124041,"is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original .",1 158266,"energy and imagination",1 148646,"Slob",0 188105,"The ethos of the Chelsea Hotel",1 188198,"The film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .",0 214376,"the creators of Do n't Ask",0 93190,"sometimes hilarious )",1 209799,"promises , just not well enough",0 72015,"a more rigid , Blair Witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity",1 3539,"` it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama",0 40517,"your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",1 119845,"featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore .",1 229816,"choppy and sloppy",0 31976,"further declares its director , Zhang Yang of Shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future .",1 63946,"An uncomfortable experience",0 185049,"It 's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it",0 50207,"classify as it is hard to resist",1 33538,"is unmistakable and hard to resist .",1 73736,"an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences",1 139089,"visually flashy but narratively opaque and",0 89459,"on the assassination of John F . Kennedy",0 128660,"of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0 18098,"with action that 's exciting on the field and a story",1 190230,"a brilliant director",1 100450,"with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas",1 205204,"little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 181677,"A few zingers aside , the writing is indifferent , and Jordan Brady 's direction is prosaic .",0 7378,"immensely",1 47855,"a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all",1 92225,"seldom hammy ,",1 49059,"animated epic",1 87940,"no way original , or even",0 95815,"the gifted Pearce on hand",1 228943,"as cutting , as witty or as true as back",1 135881,"the notorious MTV show",0 36027,"play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",1 157057,"cumbersome and cliche-ridden",0 123223,"in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen",1 39352,"to this sensitive material",1 191614,"a well-defined sense",1 216125,"there , done that ... a thousand times already , and better",0 68106,"Parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 215243,"the one bald",1 132848,"solid , satisfying fare",1 86937,"may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season",1 105634,"Engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched",1 4050,"a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror",1 124970,"it falls short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic '",0 28911,"and wise",1 59898,"vivid performances",1 115417,"based on stock clichés",0 46849,"Stuart Little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .",1 76804,"clever , offbeat and even gritty enough",1 223284,"Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it",0 86625,"makes a wonderful subject for the camera",1 14223,"Kurys ' career to a whole new level",1 35968,"perfect in these roles",1 25735,"It 's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most American representations of Castro .",1 110109,"The problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart",1 38850,"themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not",1 141785,"( Kim ) begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors",0 62050,", it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .",1 85052,"it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 116164,"brain strain",0 62575,"... enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games .",1 64057,"Arteta paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation .",1 92990,"so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",1 221424,", it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) .",0 200660,"has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad Blair Witch Project",0 69500,"The evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious --",1 59174,"to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama",1 35063,"occasionally static to the point of resembling a stage play",0 47350,"This comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .",1 189355,"Unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters , the Reginald Hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .",0 232985,"it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller",0 237711,"to a reductionist view of their Lord as a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood or omnipotent slacker",0 4506,"all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses",0 219067,"were less densely plotted",0 179467,"'re really renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices",0 169482,"pure '87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob : Unfaithful = do n't",0 194501,"believe anyone would really buy this stuff",0 197179,"do justice to the awfulness of the movie ,",0 89106,"of the wondrous beats",1 69800,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr . Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities ... certainly raises the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before .",1 100370,"with Alexandre Desplat 's haunting and sublime music",1 80955,"get our moral hackles up",0 108313,"Pascale Bailly 's rom-com provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest .",1 210884,"schmucks",0 38706,"the terrific performances",1 239137,"you can find humor",1 186412,"None of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond , but",0 72478,"a sophisticated flower child 's",1 123961,"is certainly easy to watch",1 175625,"though I like the creepy ideas , they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill",0 74630,"as an eloquent memorial",1 223872,"I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century",0 74409,"are so believable that you feel what they feel",1 94573,"that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers ,",1 141356,"'s hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable",0 136991,"this man so watchable",1 234642,"often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication",1 90397,"pleasing verisimilitude",1 23144,"'s no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself",1 38086,"the classics",1 135345,"the film is not only a love song to the movies but",1 149624,"The movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short .",0 218185,"unfortunately , the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from",0 54269,"like watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers",0 186454,"Not really as bad as you might think ! ''",1 48872,"an above-average cast , actor Bill Paxton 's directing debut",1 12592,"turning one man 's triumph of will",1 122661,"idealism American",1 108876,"Sex with Strangers is a success .",1 205888,"matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise",0 219219,"where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say",0 41534,"alternately amused and",1 7807,"is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage",0 22947,"'' Antwone Fisher '' is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .",1 138358,"trots out every ghost trick from The Sixth Sense to The Mothman Prophecies",0 223612,"He can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent ,",1 99009,"unexpected heights",1 14237,"Like the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early - '80s suburbia",1 223514,"Good-naturedly",1 113381,"ad I suffered and bled on the hard ground of Ia Drang",0 196153,"consummate actor",1 216897,"to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",1 6224,"entertaining",1 103689,"A markedly inactive film",0 180810,", meandering , and sometimes dry",0 29180,"as cloying or preachy",0 234505,"of subtle humour from Bebe Neuwirth",1 109621,"The bland outweighs the nifty ,",0 1147,"hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs",1 114770,"artsy ,",1 89959,"owe Nicolas Cage an apology .",0 131156,"recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak",0 63530,"A triumph of pure craft and passionate heart .",1 117122,"clunker",0 63297,"A quiet , disquieting triumph .",1 53307,"is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why",1 177443,"very good job",1 146693,"It gets the details of its time frame right but it completely misses its emotions .",0 216030,"their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations",0 140517,"would be a total washout",0 42412,"obvious affection ,",1 202095,"in tired stereotypes",0 46646,"Rock solid family fun out",1 37226,"spine tingle",1 26980,"This is Carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach .",1 42914,"touching and",1 131824,"schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy",0 193352,"as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 78180,"director D . J . Caruso 's grimy visual veneer and Kilmer 's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably",1 71062,"World Trade Center tragedy",0 197155,"do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience",1 165285,"loses steam towards the middle and",0 225864,"Some are fascinating and",1 18612,"AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 160258,"good in the first few minutes",1 76799,"clears the cynicism right out",1 136498,"the update is dreary and sluggish .",0 100008,"while Thurman and Lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances",1 4712,"anarchy",0 3202,"wonder",1 26036,"Makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man 's greatness .",1 19753,"an eye out",0 32448,"hearts and minds",1 187091,"Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant make a great team",1 220344,"you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A",1 45389,"Good car chases , great fight scenes",1 103570,"A fifty car pileup of cliches .",0 77255,"consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment",1 228029,"a movie is more than a movie .",1 72646,"a terrific job",1 47328,"There is nothing outstanding about this film , but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine",1 230561,"entertaining , but forgettable",1 215323,"the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 30238,"coldly",0 11162,"the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste --",0 9814,"preposterous",0 161143,"here lacks considerable brio .",0 45024,"Decasia is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like . The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful .",1 23649,", gorgeously shot and beautifully",1 91125,"rather sweet",1 88251,"of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire",1 89204,"of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation",1 151599,"a delightful , well-crafted family film",1 21593,"offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and love .",1 230070,"cute factor",1 234862,"padded .",0 34006,"leads chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath ...",1 24389,"A modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence .",1 132234,"shake the thought that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",1 198256,"exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .",1 227182,"With Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller `` New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies ?",0 58624,"the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary",1 236580,"that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other",1 5025,"be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience",1 3728,"a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots",0 97439,"this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .",1 185717,"Leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances .",0 54868,"most compelling Wiseman epic",1 236933,"the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida",0 228732,"apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings .",1 74082,"angry and sad",0 187054,"SC2 is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit , yet it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both",0 75880,"bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",1 229573,"by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",1 210106,"rather toothless take",0 169049,"ponderously",0 107989,"Nicholas Nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .",0 71327,"a brilliant piece of filmmaking",1 43099,"'d sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch",1 226440,"The premise of `` Abandon '' holds promise , ... but",1 135452,"the gentle and humane side",1 148204,"Putty",0 79659,"fantastic premise anchors",1 40605,"( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness :",1 163193,"is oddly lifeless .",0 178071,"when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming",0 180518,", apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice .",0 74271,"are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces",1 65800,"Going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber",0 158262,"energetic acting",1 103695,"A marvelous performance",1 84398,"is more fun than Conan the Barbarian",1 16362,"it would be a page-turner",1 163813,"it has the temerity to run over two hours",0 152342,"a really bad community theater production of West Side Story",0 74986,"at the end that extravagantly redeems it",1 98582,"touching as The Son 's Room",1 184152,"Girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter Italian comedy",0 234234,"obtuse and unapproachable",0 121051,"get on television",1 48894,"an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity",1 99855,"what a thrill ride . This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 93131,"some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance",1 47736,"You might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead .",0 216672,"through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill",0 98087,"to gluing you to the edge of your seat",1 113981,"an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do --",1 150914,"While it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc . ) , the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences .",0 196722,"delivers what it promises : A look at the '' wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans .",1 100127,"who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep",1 183650,"El Crimen del Padre Amaro because it 's anti-Catholic .",0 207026,"no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair",0 50342,"complex and quirky , but",1 175758,"time to get to its gasp-inducing ending",1 180214,"( T ) his slop",0 2309,"sleeper",1 202911,"is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted",0 185356,"It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle .",0 36637,"runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom",1 178318,"why put someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story",0 61782,", astonish and entertain",1 108604,"Represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging Indian American cinema",1 56279,"pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share ,",1 74798,"as the original",1 232164,"into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty",0 163877,"it never builds any suspense",0 64140,"At its best , which occurs often , Michael Moore 's Bowling for Columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` Are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s .",1 120817,"full price",1 226018,"Swinging , the film makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit .",0 203459,"is sordid and disgusting . Quelle surprise",0 21726,"please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium",1 89279,"offers winning performances and some effecting moments",1 73741,"an encouraging new direction",1 89412,"on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire",1 85317,"its namesake proud",1 220743,"'s absolutely amazing how first-time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan .",1 58792,"the unacceptable , the unmentionable",0 226603,"There may have been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day , '' but",0 40388,"y muy entretenida",1 159247,"flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set",0 122745,"if you appreciate the one-sided theme to Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest . If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !",0 88840,"of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship",1 29307,"at the expense of cheap-looking monsters",0 211719,"sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and",0 237425,"there is no sense",0 211040,"seem smug and cartoonish",0 181514,"A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation",0 202836,"is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive",0 104616,"Bad Love",1 33638,"it does n't give you time",0 146676,"It feels like a community theater production of a great Broadway play : Even at its best , it will never hold a candle to the original .",0 58055,"the best case",1 234911,"perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year",1 98858,"two words to say about Reign of Fire . Great dragons",1 220989,"'s the kind of movie that ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that",0 227324,"Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller `` New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies",0 33355,"is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining",1 130070,"pays off ,",1 26465,"Rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , Les Destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual .",1 31893,"from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals",1 136449,"the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer",1 124430,"is oppressively heavy",0 117718,"creepy-scary thriller",1 102429,", but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too .",1 101948,"'s the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful .",0 235577,"seen 10ꯠ times",1 200678,"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed",0 108513,"Putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a Pandora 's Box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest",0 12319,"to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is",0 141993,", I felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while .",0 142832,"... would be more at home on a daytime television serial",0 137847,"to serve the work especially well",1 27615,"a likable cast",1 63579,"A winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying",1 53574,"is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and",1 51410,"excess debris",0 81467,"gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since '' Saving Private Ryan ''",1 4921,"asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in",0 67721,"Murder by Numbers ' is n't a great movie ,",0 3757,"a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness",0 214579,"the film , while it 's not completely wreaked",0 206557,"mostly undeterminable",0 24976,"Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 180673,", humorless and under-inspired",0 168518,"overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue",0 115688,"become a major-league leading lady , ( but )",1 227024,"Wewannour money back , actually",0 106222,"Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .",0 59432,"told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive '' missing thing . ''",1 138303,"treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody .",1 6379,"failing to find a spark of its own",0 54128,"knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort",1 34108,"like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected",1 23042,"'s a bittersweet and lyrical mix of elements",1 233859,"might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 232294,"is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults",1 214363,"the couples exposing themselves are n't all that interesting",0 142500,", the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity .",0 136588,"the women 's stories are ably intercut and involving",1 226077,"That 's pure PR hype .",0 79872,"filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders",1 156784,"contrasting and interlocking stories",1 47435,"To Live",1 196174,"continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 180722,", it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense",0 164340,"just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 152598,"a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism",1 104059,"About one in three gags in White 's intermittently wise script hits its mark : the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook",0 41288,"The seaside splendor and",1 72723,"a trove of delights",1 93967,"survives intact in BV 's re-voiced version .",1 139257,"was more fun when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public",0 179853,"'s moving",1 208612,"one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",1 21412,"nerves and rings true",1 229168,"be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story",1 210267,"redeeming feature",1 175473,"this movie 's sharp dialogue and delightful performance by Jolie and Burns",1 180402,", Impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie .",0 158863,"far too clunky",0 155870,"ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie",0 61731,", after only three films , director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers",1 213864,"that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? Just send it to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 72863,"a young Robert DeNiro",1 214611,"the film is weak on detail and strong on personality",1 148873,"Sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the WWII-era Mississippi Delta",0 110936,"Washington overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration .",1 69733,"The movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency ,",0 102233,", City by the Sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast .",0 125835,"leaden closing act",1 44029,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips is an original . This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but",1 129629,"only are the film 's Sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny",0 33821,"its pleasures",1 2199,"savvy",1 88169,"of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality",1 10873,"sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects",0 86393,"lovely Hush !",1 86170,"little substance",0 90829,"proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 47845,"a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16",1 139133,"waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new Hal Hartley movie to pore over",1 23502,", but it does n't go too much further .",0 163940,"it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness",0 182043,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find .",0 223385,"For VeggieTales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus .",1 165341,"lovely costumes , Southern California locations and star power",1 113756,"also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives",1 104531,"Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .",0 72629,"a talking head documentary , but a great one",1 210000,"quick-cuts , ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double ( for Seagal )",0 179719,"'s easier to change the sheets",0 150347,"Though Moonlight Mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving",1 6016,"do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role",1 57125,"so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",1 40401,"yet careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",1 48930,"an evocative , accurate observation",1 134181,"that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted",0 123221,"in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does",1 216248,"they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance",0 29739,"breezy spontaneity",1 125017,"it is handled with intelligence and care",1 207248,"nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore",0 146889,"Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember",1 146478,"It 's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational , and yet it 's so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff .",0 162822,"is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused",0 96894,"the tone and pacing are shockingly intimate",1 113148,"about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 89691,"only one of the best gay love stories ever made",1 68445,"Rifkin 's references are ... impeccable throughout .",1 172598,"tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 77556,"creative , energetic and original",1 183812,"Excruciatingly unfunny and",0 152848,"accomplishing neither in full",0 82380,"hits home with disorienting force",1 23265,"( s ) nail-biting suspense and credible characters",1 199429,"former Mr . Drew Barrymore",0 176134,"to full effect the energetic cast",1 197958,"enthusiastic audience",1 216067,"then Blood Work is for you .",1 221907,"88-minute rip-off",0 268,"a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli/palestinian",1 200123,"good sportsmanship",1 87104,"might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road",0 5861,"death might be a release .",0 175577,"this wallow in crude humor",0 34286,"major kudos go to Leigh for actually casting people who look working-class .",1 211444,"shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale",0 149911,"The tale of Tok ( Andy Lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail of O ( Takashi Sorimachi ) , the most legendary of Asian hitmen , is too scattershot to take hold .",0 63465,"A surprisingly funny movie",1 43294,"'s not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` My stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ?",1 6507,"fine-looking",1 29085,"are the terrific performances by Christopher Plummer , as the prime villain , and Nathan Lane as Vincent Crummles , the eccentric theater company manager .",1 71040,"Wonder , hope and magic can never escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of Star Wars",1 20041,"attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 33167,"intricate elegance",1 63060,"A funny and touching film",1 14371,"Perhaps no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions .",1 175561,"this territory has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit",0 195707,"cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and",1 192633,"an overcooked soufflé",1 89344,"omits",0 40422,"you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",1 223453,"Gaghan ... has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story .",0 73739,"an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work",1 58044,"the beauty and power",1 226757,"To be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake !",0 22916,"you guessing from first frame to last",1 239189,"you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises",1 135781,"the most triumphant performances",1 80541,"fresh-faced",1 235826,"slow to come to the point",0 129203,"of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema",0 57586,"takes an admirable look",1 215239,"the old saying goes , because it 's true",1 199542,"from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids",0 124068,"is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive",1 222009,"A funny film .",1 192539,"an essentially awkward version",0 144528,"CliffsNotes",0 149427,"The film makes a fatal mistake",0 17669,"the top actors working in independent film",1 142545,", there 's nothing here you have n't seen before .",0 82306,"his personal obstacles",1 174269,"the mess",0 38288,"the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland",1 9342,"of reno 's immense wit and insight",1 35209,"of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over",1 98468,"together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire",1 21581,"of unabashed hero worship",1 37801,"that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor",1 159105,"film that suffers because of its many excesses",0 91933,"savory and hilarious",1 28299,"an Angel",1 103660,"A huge box-office hit in Korea , Shiri is a must for genre fans .",1 68897,"Some remarkable achival film about how Shanghai ( of all places ) served Jews who escaped the Holocaust .",1 12326,"to being lectured to by tech-geeks",0 101103,"you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in",0 144570,"Company-style laugh track",0 47480,"Tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists",1 7952,"it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been",0 163290,"is sabotaged by the story 's inability to create interest",0 237283,"the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers",0 192372,"ambitiously naturalistic",1 166810,"no idea of it is serious",0 93846,"suitably elegant",1 202924,"is fascinating ,",1 73697,"an athlete , a movie star , and",1 138950,"versatile Stanley Kwan",1 89034,"of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile",1 232716,"is quintessential Bollywood .",1 182457,"An unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously .",0 92763,"skillful and",1 97390,"this engaging mix of love and bloodletting",1 92594,"showdown",0 65609,"Forget about one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year - she should get all five .",1 72319,"a saga of the ups and downs of friendships",1 70307,"This ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun",1 145482,"Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog",0 139296,"watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s .",0 163210,"is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage .",0 221953,"A clichéd and shallow cautionary tale",0 49837,"bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera",1 172838,"that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging",0 142112,", but overall limp ,",0 189213,"Tom Shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough",1 6810,"glorifying",1 9426,"offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . ah , what the hell .",1 124104,"is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender",0 206481,"more unmentionable subjects",0 16046,"hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 202976,"is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .",0 59623,"unable",0 194365,"been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept",0 50691,"deep and psychological",1 110898,"Viva le Resistance",1 147353,"Marries the amateurishness of The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7 : The Contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie .",0 165590,"makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap",0 3811,"a former gong show addict",0 193081,"are framed in a drama so clumsy",0 207547,"of a mishmash",0 53814,"it holds you with its outrageousness",1 76903,"coma-like state",0 185788,"Like most of Jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting",1 113451,"affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life",1 181083,", ugly exercise",0 30902,"document",1 162404,"into sham truths",0 134871,"the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn",0 74315,"are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on Taylor 's doorstep .",0 19855,"and keeps you guessing from first frame to last",1 37671,"terrific at conveying their young angst",1 39355,"to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism",0 22603,"true film buff",1 6631,"forced",0 202103,"in various wet T-shirt and shower scenes",1 98451,"to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and ,",1 85055,"it is a remarkably original work .",1 53506,"is intelligently accomplished",1 72349,"a self-reflexive , philosophical nature",1 1181,"hence , storytelling",1 19836,"and greatly moving",1 19315,"The movie has an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects .",1 235418,"rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel",0 168933,"playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough",0 82375,"hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling",1 187958,"The author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating :",1 62039,", it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance .",1 180469,", Windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material .",0 69302,"The Hours represents two of those well spent",1 52539,"heartening tale",1 4793,"are introduced as '' spider '' and",1 110863,"Ver Wiel 's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless .",0 170993,"should stay in the past : a lesson this film teaches all too well .",0 174869,"the tedium",0 198703,"feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .",0 211127,"seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither",0 130859,"puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 11046,"that cold-hearted snake",0 69447,"The concert footage is stirring , the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers .",1 73131,"acted by a British cast to rival Gosford Park 's .",1 129649,"only self-aware neurotics engage in",1 149305,"The director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom .",0 195403,"can overcome bad hair design",0 65977,"Henry Bean 's thoughtful screenplay",1 32931,"in the course of reviewing art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks , a jaded critic smacks into something truly new .",1 216310,"thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio .",0 147799,"Not since Freddy Got Fingered",1 78557,"drag two-thirds through",0 80049,"fits into a classic genre ,",1 33952,"know their roles so well",1 55717,"on 30 pounds for the role",0 210571,"right tone",1 204166,"its curmudgeon does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .",0 232672,"is omitted nor a cliché left unsaid .",0 184438,"Hjejle quite appealing",1 198891,"finally comes into sharp focus",1 24436,"A recent favourite",1 35310,"of just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair",1 188610,"The result is an ` action film ' mired in stasis .",0 169320,"proceeds in such a way that you 're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships",0 83509,"interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic",1 186910,"Retard 101",0 69783,"The off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery .",1 44748,"Bogdanovich taps deep into the Hearst mystique",1 190821,"a limerick scrawled in a public restroom",0 204567,"kilt-wearing Jackson",0 69402,"The beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet is simple but absorbing .",1 72461,"a solid , well-formed satire",1 129562,"one of the most savagely hilarious social critics",1 112629,"a rip-off of The Matrix",0 10681,"splendid",1 143914,"As social exposé , Skins has its heart in the right place ,",1 15245,"beloved kids '",1 190159,"a best-selling writer",1 95591,"the fans are often funny fanatics",1 49855,"brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role .",1 8080,"its munchausen-by-proxy mum",0 86891,"may be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear .",1 142813,"... the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions .",0 71696,"a fresh and absorbing look",1 168819,"period drag ,",1 97631,"thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be",1 24585,"Although the editing might have been tighter , Hush ! sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern Japan .",1 113024,"a wholesome fantasy",1 140202,"with poetic force and buoyant feeling",1 78347,"do n't come off",0 24521,"A yarn that respects the Marvel version without becoming",1 207104,"no sense of pride or shame",0 19311,"The film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime .",1 131747,"satisfying niblet",1 32519,"his Parisian rebirth is stillborn",0 195866,"cold and dead",0 3724,"a didactic and dull documentary glorifying software anarchy",0 194717,"bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun",0 211255,"serious contender",1 60847,"'s a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own",1 179922,"'s nowhere near as exciting as either",0 28666,"and inconsistencies",0 113137,"about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor",1 120419,"for great cinema",1 11909,"the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with",1 195071,"but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and ,",1 236350,"that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...",0 183502,"Distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register",0 13970,"Director Kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure",1 66568,"It 's immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do .",1 56854,"sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative Hollywood practices",0 46351,"Not everyone will welcome or accept The Trials of Henry Kissinger as faithful portraiture ,",0 90903,"puns",0 38205,"the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen",1 3482,"... the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with .",1 126717,"makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important",1 38183,"the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity",1 51567,"fearlessness",1 148111,"Places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller .",0 50519,"courtroom trial great fun",1 2849,"this gory , perverted ,",0 31161,"entertaining period drama",1 52024,"funny\/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman",1 92237,"self-deprecating comedy",1 215169,"the muck",0 188344,"The metaphors are provocative",1 125025,"it is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films .",1 222843,"By The Sea would slip under the waves .",0 229876,"collapses when Mr. Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .",0 84329,"is its energy",1 89162,"of thoughtful war films and those",1 94078,"tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer",1 59125,"ties things together , neatly , by the end",1 27591,"a huge fan",1 76737,"cinematic perfection",1 178990,"written using Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 75714,"bittersweet bite",1 166316,"most joyless movie",0 211782,"slick production values and director Roger Michell 's tick-tock pacing",1 116422,"by it -- the kind of movie",1 133429,"strong piece of work",1 114448,"any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions",0 87211,"moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming",1 85106,"it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .",1 124357,"is not that it 's all derivative , because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes .",0 39031,"though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen",0 41421,"a bona-fide master ,",1 109025,"So mind-numbingly awful that you hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned .",0 145933,"I 'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here",0 17416,"that 's so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one",1 6050,"dog soldiers does n't transcend genre",0 119612,"exuberance and passion",1 121024,"genuine , acerbic laughs",1 220942,"'s perfect .",1 212128,"some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",1 114937,"as intellectual masterpieces",1 69208,"That ` Alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of Witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate ) ...",1 115383,"bang-up job",1 84780,"is too much of a plunge",0 178888,"would have been just another bad movie . Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie",0 55970,"pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace : still",0 127889,"never knew what the hell was coming next",0 160969,"he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place .",1 76919,"come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that I usually dread encountering the most - The Fanboy",1 157089,"cynical and condescending",0 125812,"lavish period scenery",1 63369,"A simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances",1 17937,"unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes",1 81782,"has succeeded beyond all expectation",1 154655,"be a gift",1 40667,"A journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance",1 21742,"portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by Per Christian Ellefsen ,",1 139269,"was so uninspiring",0 150425,"Too bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back",0 23868,", speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 215472,"the requisite faux-urban vibe and",0 182324,"Amid the cliché and foreshadowing , Cage manages a degree of casual realism ... that is routinely dynamited by Blethyn",1 18148,"yet another chance",1 167145,"oddly lifeless",0 17284,"sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful",1 140569,"would probably have worked better as a one-hour TV documentary",0 93159,"something more beautiful than either of those films",1 39839,"warm , funny",1 116892,"chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck",0 218324,"uptight , middle class bores like Antonia",0 84068,"is blood-curdling stuff",1 178019,"when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie",0 172140,"struts about with '' courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back",0 213169,"tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting . ''",0 33653,"it has clearly been made with affection and care .",1 54249,"like acid",0 210403,"rent the Disney version",0 210001,"quickly becomes a tiresome cliché",0 218533,"viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor",0 100104,"who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate",1 63832,"An amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination",1 59781,"us riveted to our seats",1 53784,"it belongs to Martin Scorsese",1 29466,"because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters",1 195907,"come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story",0 192519,"an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",1 103356,"90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping",0 198607,"fatal script error",0 167535,"of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 234233,"obtuse and",0 56462,"refined piece",1 89211,"of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse",0 50910,"distinguishes Time of Favor from countless other thrillers",1 25443,"Goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast .",1 200787,"have been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy",0 56921,"shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team",1 167950,"offers few surprises",0 206859,"need another film that praises female self-sacrifice",1 228045,"a museum , where viewers would be free to leave",0 218752,"was just a matter of ` eh . '",0 5060,"be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion",0 187468,"Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad .",0 123419,"insight and humor",1 135366,"the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",1 138021,"to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two",0 197485,"drags the film",0 82495,"how the heart accomodates practical needs . It is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual",1 61231,"'s refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",1 101961,"'s the very definition of epic adventure",1 25723,"It 's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds .",1 116904,"cheap-looking version",0 201604,"if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen",0 198213,"everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away",0 164432,"kills it ,",0 106641,"If you can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in Italian ) and you like ` Masterpiece Theatre ' type costumes , you 'll enjoy this movie .",1 194141,"be greedy",0 233938,"more relevant than 9 1\/2 Weeks",1 130517,"powerful sequel",1 32150,"gorgeous imagery",1 66170,"I hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness .",1 142783,"... grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces .",0 79241,"even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",1 113173,"about memory and regret",1 137212,"through some of Clancy 's holes",1 135486,"the hallucinatory drug culture",0 96773,"the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids",1 48940,"an extraordinary piece",1 177576,"wander into predictably treacherous situations even though they should know better",0 203376,"is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight",0 207589,"of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters",0 171751,"sour , nasty offering",0 160337,"great human truths",1 136739,"there 's nothing else happening",0 159899,"gasp-inducing ending",1 228980,"as simultaneously funny , offbeat and",1 141611,"'s something deeply creepy about Never Again , a new arrow in Schaeffer 's quiver of ineptitudes",0 219370,"who seem barely in the same movie",0 35143,"of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past",1 9558,"overcooked",0 36350,"raw and disturbing tale",0 75819,"borrows a bit from the classics '' Wait Until Dark '' and '' Extremities '' ... But in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself",1 132024,"seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation",0 112168,"a just a waste",0 143338,"A silly , self-indulgent film",0 43794,", witty , seductive",1 84736,"is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .",1 185453,"Jaw-droppingly superficial",0 157525,"dirty , tasteless",0 233655,"makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans ,",1 76037,"bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie",1 229290,"been acted out",0 218322,"uptight , middle",0 205222,"little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy",0 108310,"Pascale Bailly 's rom-com provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin",1 224388,"It recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera .",0 64959,"DeVito 's misanthropic vision",1 210347,"relied too much",0 224073,"Intelligent and moving",1 106053,"Grant is certainly amusing ,",1 153726,"anything but laughable",0 123110,"in swank apartments , clothes and parties",1 144589,"Consider the title 's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept .",0 61308,"'s the Russian word for Wow ! ? '",1 131296,"remains brightly optimistic ,",1 230949,"for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",1 211966,"so many red herrings , so many false scares",0 65138,"Does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background .",1 216110,"there 's not enough to the story to fill two hours",0 11800,"the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor",1 79574,"fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",1 14846,"a strong case for the importance of the musicians",1 23812,", passionate adaptation of Graham Greene 's 1955 novel",1 210726,"sad but endearing",1 122197,"hide its contrivances",0 24398,"A must-see for the David Mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking .",1 71655,"a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch",0 235243,"recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders",0 46110,"Martin and Barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid .",1 2308,"slapstick",1 195791,"climactic setpiece",1 88595,"of fun , with an undeniable energy",1 184612,"I ca n't recommend it . But it 's surprisingly harmless",0 87017,"memorable first interrogation",1 121405,"great American adventure",1 164254,"juicy , delicious",1 13855,"An utterly compelling ` who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question .",1 108928,"Showtime eventually folds under its own thinness .",0 63260,"A poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .",1 183350,"Depressingly thin",0 130408,"poorly acted",0 182291,"Always destined to be measured against Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation .",1 170059,"respected",1 217684,"top billing .",1 126093,"like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 132148,"serves up with style and empathy",1 132724,"so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun",0 152269,"a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn",0 22626,"unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true",1 102526,", flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes",1 236359,"that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 161824,"in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters",0 100646,"with the inescapable conclusion",1 87139,"minded patience , respect and affection",1 169149,"praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic",1 151534,"a completely crass and forgettable movie",0 52021,"funny stuff in this movie",1 97073,"the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes",1 45381,"Gives you the steady pulse of life",1 30005,"can state that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen",1 108611,"Resident Evil",1 13746,": Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human .",1 209955,"putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film",0 125615,"kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters",1 181837,"A modestly comic , modestly action-oriented World War II adventure that , in terms of authenticity",1 123912,"is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler",1 214735,"the good and different",1 140686,"you 're in the right B-movie frame of mind",1 164324,"just is n't any funnier than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all Oedekerk 's impish augmentation",0 76000,"brought off with considerable wit",1 12492,"too erotic nor very thrilling",0 103665,"A journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick , and",1 15253,"best sense",1 112797,"a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",1 103165,". Unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .",0 95419,"the cute frissons of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman",1 194191,"be seduced . If you do n't laugh , flee",0 81936,"have to salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch",1 100725,"without overdoing it",1 233571,"love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899",1 180170,"( L ) ame and unnecessary .",0 229424,"blend together as they become distant memories .",1 227564,"`` Real Women Have Curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .",1 180212,"( T ) he script is n't up to the level of the direction",0 66178,"I like it .",1 229418,"bland police procedural details , Fiennes",0 191905,"acting like puppets",0 118778,"dumb , insulting , or childish",0 223442,"Full of surprises .",1 114529,"archly funny",1 91031,"quite a bit of heart",1 8330,"lack contrast , are murky and",0 67512,"Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . '",1 129765,"otherwise mediocre film",0 61337,"'s unique and quirky about Canadians",1 122487,"honest emotions",1 93116,"some powerful emotions",1 181101,", violent and mindless",0 180971,", the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .",0 198726,"feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .",0 65571,"For 95 often hilarious minutes",1 6492,"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home",1 143024,"A broadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags .",1 229420,"blasphemous and",0 9892,"psychologically rich and",1 199373,"for their acting chops , but for their looks",0 227887,"a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` Twilight Zone '' episode",1 187981,"The big finish is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing .",0 181117,", well , funnier .",1 6850,"gorgeously",1 38249,"the first place",1 63543,"A very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be .",1 37425,"subtle and well-crafted",1 179997,"'s spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 185256,"It ca n't escape its past",0 147718,"No movement , no yuks ,",0 209787,"progressed as nicely as ` Wayne",1 62891,"A cultural wildcard experience",1 89093,"of the tooth and claw of human power",1 236325,"than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script",1 36942,"showcases the passions of both the director and novelist Byatt .",1 16063,"hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart .",1 200594,"has n't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage",0 84493,"is not your standard Hollywood bio-pic . Schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness .",1 43030,"words and",1 1787,"muddled",0 3652,"a clich",0 48055,"a gentle film",1 5628,"coma",0 207136,"none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 95121,"the always hilarious Meara and Levy",1 23625,", feel-good film",1 112603,"a remote shelf",1 184490,"Horrendously",0 84589,"is rotten in the state of California",0 176217,"to just call it ABC Kiarostami . For AIDS and Africa are nothing more than part of the scenery",0 662,"by shooting itself in the foot",0 232288,"is a form of bravery",1 24894,"Broomfield turns his distinctive ` blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case .",1 106255,"Hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and",0 50203,"class warfare",0 151260,"a 76-minute commercial",0 188825,"There 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .",0 3107,"wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend .",0 142169,", exactly , is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 130944,"quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks .",1 239230,"zippy jazzy score",1 118710,"drawing flavorful performances",1 26762,"The band 's courage",1 112498,"a powerful commentary",1 151804,"a glossy , rich green , environment",1 25383,"Funny and , at times , poignant , the film from director George Hickenlooper",1 6919,"had nothing left over for jokes",0 226580,"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 ) , but",1 12862,"wasting away",0 225274,"Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing .",0 82689,"imaginative filmmaker",1 185076,"It 's been 20 years since 48 Hrs . made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . But",1 108905,"Shekhar Kapur",1 93517,"still leaves shockwaves",1 196977,"direct-to-video stuff",0 221094,"( `` Safe Conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",1 135394,"the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave 's career",1 215317,"the payoff for the audience",1 225266,"Odd and",0 122017,"hazy",0 225129,"Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance .",1 226571,"There 's something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority .",1 239207,"you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater",0 18590,"A slick , skillful little horror film .",1 148327,"Roger Michell , who did an appealing job directing Persuasion and Notting Hill in England ,",1 112484,"a plodding mess",0 199528,"from Dawson 's Creek",1 59818,"utterly charming and hilarious",1 150202,"This idea has lost its originality ... and",0 213911,"that this arrogant Richard Pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0 168301,"only satisfy those who ca n't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly .",0 232633,"is no real reason to see it .",0 189856,"Would n't it be funny if a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no . But here 's a movie about it anyway",0 161000,"he should consider permanent sex-reassignment",0 90610,"predictably efficient piece",1 207557,"of a physician who needs to heal himself",0 56953,"showcases Tom Hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge",1 130576,"preserves Tosca 's intoxicating ardor",1 71233,"a Jerry Bruckheimer flick any day of the week",1 129997,"particularly funny",1 148912,"Suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video .",0 94869,"that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking",1 87242,"more complex and honest",1 93042,"solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis",1 110796,"Twohy 's a good yarn-spinner",1 148417,"Schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and",0 209497,"pomposity",0 103249,"... this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism : it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels .",0 119684,"fall together without much surprise",0 220214,"you 'd swear you",1 224596,"Less a movie",0 98924,"uncomfortably timely , relevant ,",1 226807,"Translation : ` We do n't need to try very hard .",0 15968,"has the chops",1 91269,"recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More , Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him",1 229752,"carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh",1 56179,"pretty funny",1 182434,"An often unfunny",0 98124,"to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly",1 147170,"Like a tone-deaf singer at a benefit concert",0 143901,"As elegantly crafted as it often is",1 65448,"Eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .",0 213691,"that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime",0 164548,"lacks the skill or presence",0 219051,"were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one",0 52064,"gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button ,",1 107740,"Michel Piccoli 's moving performance is this films reason for being .",1 49143,"are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers",1 79843,"fierce competition",1 200576,"has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how Sand developed a notorious reputation",0 8447,"like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee",1 23727,", it puts far more polished documentaries to shame .",1 77235,"considerable good cheer",1 190453,"a difficult time shaking its Blair Witch Project real-time roots",0 22890,"wry humor",1 131719,"salvation",1 37310,"stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions .",1 223583,"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is deja vu all over again , and",0 30893,"do n't have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance .",1 170898,"shorn of social insight , intellectual pretension and cinematic interest",0 60932,"'s an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy",1 235193,"re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as Jules Verne 's ' 20ꯠ Leagues Under the Sea ' and the George Pal version of H.G. Wells ' ` The Time Machine",1 177409,"velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake",0 98673,"treasure .",1 222338,"Anchored by Friel and Williams 's exceptional performances , the film 's power lies in its complexity .",1 170653,"seen just about everything in Blue Crush in one form or the other",0 129957,"painful to watch",0 28155,"afresh",1 92865,"small gem",1 21186,"keeps you guessing from first frame to last",1 154351,"at an all time low",0 219987,"worked so much better dealing in only one reality",0 219737,"with familiar situations and repetitive scenes",0 16258,"is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 46385,"Old people will love this movie , and I mean that in the nicest possible way",1 239167,"you know it 's going to be a trip",1 141120,"'s a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt",0 118556,"does n't reveal even a hint of artifice",0 197047,"disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service",0 76229,"by the time the credits roll across the pat ending",0 71025,"Without You has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood .",1 211181,"self-conscious debut",0 69035,"Succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably",1 155748,"by heavy-handed melodrama",0 226237,"The draw ( for `` Big Bad Love '' ) is a solid performance by Arliss Howard .",1 39314,"to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original .",1 68741,"She may not be real , but the laughs are",1 6693,"from heaven ''",1 118967,"eloquent , deeply felt meditation",1 54518,"make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 217620,"too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize , and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay .",0 133854,"takes to describe how bad it is",0 73088,"ace",1 215401,"the power-lunchers do n't care to understand",0 181475,": The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 218114,"under-inspired",0 43484,", Red Dragon rates as an exceptional thriller .",1 39727,"us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality",1 41397,"You could say that it 's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't ,",0 33074,"insightful and beautifully",1 83991,"is an epic , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history",1 228100,"a pretentious mess ...",0 123276,"inappropriate and wildly undeserved",0 223247,"Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never Again",1 220699,"'s a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur .",1 131982,"seem to hit",1 41307,"There are times when A Rumor of Angels plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes -- but I liked its heart and its spirit",1 80239,"for an eagerness",1 200465,"has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and",0 152318,"a rather listless amble",0 45837,"It will not appeal to the impatient",0 115800,"begins to yield some interesting results",1 238501,"we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life",0 66843,"Jackson 's",1 163311,"is simply distasteful to audiences not already sharing ( the movie 's ) mindset",0 90422,"plotless ,",0 138905,"vainly",0 58355,"the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 124522,"is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true",0 217509,"to warm our hearts",1 105875,"Franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance SONNY needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic .",0 93934,"surprisingly faithful",1 111852,"a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably",1 223645,"High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \/ Marine\/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue .",0 98348,"to the abysmal Hannibal",0 33475,"is saved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances",1 129817,"outstanding originality",1 95268,"the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem",1 209672,"preposterous , prurient whodunit",0 27721,"a performance of striking skill and depth",1 17816,"to make it unforgettable",1 47193,"The overall fabric is hypnotic",1 146952,"Just because it really happened to you , honey , does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else .",0 235562,"seems to be coasting .",0 57494,"suggests nothing",0 144961,"Downbeat , period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message",0 88624,"of her life with the imagery in her paintings",1 163182,"is now a movie that is n't really good enough to be in theaters",0 56274,"pulls off some deft Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences",1 127912,"nevertheless efficiently",1 55070,"nicely understated expression",1 48958,"an inspired portrait",1 95942,"the inspired performance",1 80495,"found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally",1 225238,"Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie .",0 80068,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing",1 227886,"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes .",0 216095,"there 's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose .",0 216200,"they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 185326,"It never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time .",1 58933,"they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .",1 66350,"In a word : No",0 188076,"The dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway",0 187377,"Snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .",0 147421,"Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel . The story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm , but will anyone really care",0 126989,"meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws",1 132932,"something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern",1 229303,"been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format",1 182979,"Ca n't seem to get anywhere near the story 's center",0 13657,", this flick is fun ,",1 57727,"that I would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed",0 161148,"heresy",0 42097,"honest and",1 86700,"making it one of the best war movies ever made",1 25803,"It takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding .",1 97383,"this does not really make the case the Kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .",0 75569,"benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness",1 4983,"bad",0 175441,"this is the kind of material where the filmmakers should be very careful about raising eyebrows",0 135189,"the essence of a great one is in there somewhere .",1 37333,"still , the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun .",1 112512,"a predictable outcome and",0 42492,"pulls his even-handed ideological ship",1 143825,"Another rent installment for the Ian Fleming estate",0 37251,"sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations",1 237802,"to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks",1 215148,"the movie is powerful and provocative",1 10896,"swims in mediocrity",0 171991,"still ca n't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable .",0 126950,"meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import",0 27550,"a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind",1 231574,"have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep .",0 191643,"a work of art",1 93171,"something rare and riveting :",1 139948,"will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it",0 68046,"Oscar winners",1 91090,"rare and riveting",1 173088,"that it makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama",0 99445,"virtuous",1 103835,"A realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales",1 141352,"'s hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before .",0 158753,"fails the most basic relevancy test as well",0 43856,"... begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot .",0 6341,"exploitative",0 128665,"of flatly",0 131108,"really goes downhill",0 28798,"and sometimes side-splittingly",1 49200,"are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls",1 231263,"going where no man has gone before",1 69130,"Takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze",1 110801,"Twohy knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record .",1 226505,"The story really has no place to go since Simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict",0 149802,"The screenplay does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 26005,"Looking aristocratic , luminous yet careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",1 50951,"does mark Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time",1 138732,"unlikeable",0 230276,"disturbingly close-up look",0 17489,"the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured",1 5940,"devastation",0 25575,"Home",1 112006,"a genuine love story ,",1 40655,"A film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject :",1 222008,"A funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout .",1 129069,"of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",0 33080,"inspire",1 103434,"A boring , pretentious muddle",0 220885,"'s more enjoyable than I expected ,",1 160620,"has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects .",0 93651,"struck a chord in me",1 11798,"the reality of its characters to go over the edge",1 81067,"give you a few laughs",1 195745,"classified as one of those ` alternate reality '",1 2106,"pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini",0 8588,"lyric moments",1 203932,"it is flavorless",0 51157,"empathize",1 100731,"without sacrificing the integrity of the opera",1 31604,"fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria .",1 93077,"some effecting moments",1 81343,"graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .",1 179724,"'s equally distasteful",0 85802,"laughs aplenty",1 138932,"venture forth",1 222540,"Ballistic is silly .",0 205903,"maudlin and cliche-ridden",0 17732,"this flick is fun",1 218545,"villainous father",0 141018,"'m not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about .",0 230054,"cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .",0 146470,"It 's difficult to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing --",0 91989,"sci-fi thriller",1 200460,"has a bigger-name cast",1 84751,"is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm",1 95624,"the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .",1 13244,"work up much entertainment value",1 220281,"you feel like a chump",0 179116,"you could do worse than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce .",0 171084,"silly overkill",0 130955,"racial profiling Hollywood style",0 38060,"the cast has a lot of fun with the material .",1 236535,"that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre",1 13767,"A droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy with unexpected deposits of feeling .",1 52428,"has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control",1 47676,"Worth watching for Dong Jie 's performance",1 33311,"is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals .",1 188181,"The film has ( its ) moments , but",1 62394,", unsubtle and Hollywood-predictable",0 25110,"Despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater , and there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it .",1 28407,"an unimpeachable core",1 194609,"between the characters that made the first film such a delight",1 113706,"alluring",1 1754,"more contemporary",1 18550,"... the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes '' What Time Is It There ? ''",1 118293,"director Randall Wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency",1 158176,"emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects",0 61028,"'s far from a frothy piece",1 32868,"in himself",1 107022,"It is very difficult to care about the character ,",0 180211,"( T ) he ideas of Revolution # 9 are more compelling than the execution",0 177660,"was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 44072,"A first-class road movie",1 204237,"its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive",0 203439,"is so packed with subplots involving the various Silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 204768,"lead actress Andie MacDowell",1 17521,"the dramatic gut-wrenching impact",1 223820,"I have to admit that I am baffled by Jason X.",0 126566,"magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch",1 136379,"the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film",1 101443,"'re in for a painful ride .",0 9180,"now as a former gong show addict , i 'll admit it , my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show .",1 97013,"the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers",1 171948,"stay away . Otherwise , this could be a passable date film .",0 191294,"a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone",0 168535,"overlong visit",0 185886,"Love Liza 's tale",1 191589,"a very good movie in any objective sense",1 61145,"'s no accident that The Accidental Spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form",1 22371,"the true film buff will enjoy",1 48414,"a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser",1 228567,"an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes",1 169788,"really wrong with this ricture",0 92098,"see the attraction for the sole reason",1 99808,"well-developed characters",1 179154,"you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer",0 198185,"every indulgent , indie trick",0 93291,"spectacular completion one",1 164341,"just repulsive",0 210190,"really an advantage to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets",0 55245,"of Unfaithful",0 158173,"embroiled in a bloody civil war",1 189351,"Unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .",0 155309,"bloody mess .",0 181198,"-- definitely a step in the right direction",1 224995,"Mr. Tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and What Time Is It There",1 182508,"Any film that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country",0 145034,"Eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . But even",1 71662,"a fine , focused piece",1 61688,", Soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .",1 52742,"hot topics",1 235888,"solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble",1 186955,"Ritchie may not have a novel thought in his head",0 141257,"'s been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie",0 219385,"who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",1 157608,"disturbing ` Great White Hope ' undertone",0 85381,"its script and execution",1 232375,"is actually one of its strengths",1 145400,"Foolish Choices for advice",0 117218,"comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives",1 153377,"an emotionally unavailable rut",0 209886,"pull it back",0 15657,"enrapturing",1 29664,"bombing",0 112808,"a strong sense of humanism",1 219256,"which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast",0 213771,"that movie nothing",0 12194,"this schlock-filled",0 57648,"tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet .",1 77289,"consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt .",1 51235,"enjoyable and frankly told tale",1 143623,"All the amped-up Tony Hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal",0 39849,"warm presence",1 58888,"their quirky and fearless ability",1 179915,"'s not yet an actress , not quite a singer ...",0 192578,"an inarticulate screenplay",0 45118,"Easily my choice for one of the year 's best films . '",1 211475,"should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .",0 153412,"an ill fit",0 156343,"clever idea",1 62554,"... a light , yet engrossing piece . Lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .",1 169461,"pulls up lame",0 220491,"'' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .",1 230262,"disingenuous to call Reno a great film",0 183682,"Enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise . Yet",1 214959,"the light , comic side",1 118041,"delusional",0 218761,"was n't all that great to begin with",0 19322,"The people in Dogtown and Z-Boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next .",1 187527,"Staggers",0 114161,"an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense",0 30586,"darkness",0 103034,", worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it",0 132883,"some glimpses of nature and family warmth",1 85154,"it weirdly appealing",1 189067,"This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications",0 216808,"to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier",1 233326,"layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and",0 3399,"( haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' all that heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply put , ''",1 229373,"better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and",0 136125,"the recent Argentine film Son of the Bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart",1 174070,"the heart of the movie",1 104821,"Both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes .",1 151108,"You 're better off staying home and watching The X-Files .",0 225127,"Nicholas Nickleby celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting Dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! )",1 226058,"Terrible .",0 74504,"art and commerce",1 45117,"Easily my choice for one of the year 's best films .",1 109748,"The entire movie has a truncated feeling , but what 's available is lovely and lovable",1 151446,"a can of 2-day old Coke",0 202189,"indoors in formal settings with motionless characters",0 3999,"a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '",0 233646,"make the thing look really slick .",1 195934,"comedically labored",0 53286,"is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .",1 107229,"Journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull .",0 213289,"ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? Just send it to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 24125,"... a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend of Legally Blonde and Drop Dead Gorgeous , starring Piper Perabo in what could be her breakthrough role .",1 229924,"comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won .",0 73800,"an homage to Them , Tarantula and other low - budget B-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s",1 105463,"Director Tom Dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon , but Showtime 's uninspired send-up of TV cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks .",1 36286,"quietly reflective and melancholy",1 166308,"most fail miserably and in the end , Pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny",0 80860,"gangster",0 44182,"A moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places",1 114925,"as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo",0 101817,"'s not too bad",1 94038,"swims away with the Sleeper Movie of the Summer award",0 228590,"an inspiring tale",1 60295,"wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective",0 19197,"Pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so .",1 139380,"we care about the story",1 190463,"a disservice",0 221708,", you might soon be looking for a sign .",0 109443,"The Man from Elysian Fields is doomed by its smallness",0 227589,"`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier",0 109906,"The innocence of holiday cheer",1 234785,"original and , instead ,",1 69127,"Take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he 'll be your slave for a year .",1 227124,"While Undisputed is n't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while .",1 34620,"most breathtakingly designed films",1 133247,"started out as a taut contest of wills between Bacon and Theron , deteriorates into a protracted and",0 22036,"speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 194625,"beyond the very basic dictums of human decency",0 81425,"grown-up film",1 130550,"preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed",0 62040,", it irrigates our souls .",1 37232,"spiritual",1 19331,"The story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but be warned",1 11632,"the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 172273,"suffers from a bad case of arrested development",0 213068,"systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 156735,"considering some of the other dreck out",0 55235,"of New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief",1 89430,"on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work",1 86551,"make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` The French Lieutenant 's Woman",1 25797,"It moves quickly , adroitly , and without fuss : it does n't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the Cold War datedness -- of its premise .",1 143160,"A kilted Jackson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces .",0 97636,"thought-provoking and often-funny drama",1 68205,"Photographed with melancholy richness",1 232956,"it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .",0 129159,"of these tragic deaths",0 131291,"remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern",1 96478,"the problems of fledgling democracies",0 233621,"make a clear point",1 111797,"a director I admire",1 230153,"depend on empathy .",0 210944,"screwing things up old school",0 64759,"Colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you",1 108159,"One of the best of a growing strain of daring films ... that argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect .",1 217106,"to ignite sparks",1 79419,"exceptional lead performances",1 136987,"this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0 222993,"Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much !",1 41002,"It 's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth",1 162671,"is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .",0 106568,"If H . G . Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? ` It looks good , Sonny , but you missed the point .",0 60564,"you dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie and enjoy",1 221352,", good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography .",1 18092,"with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",1 130132,"perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland ,",1 98470,"together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers",1 156931,"crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level .",0 215345,"the perverse pleasure",1 215839,"the usual cafeteria goulash",0 49663,"believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film",1 61230,"'s rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as The Son 's Room .",1 25680,"In spite of Good Housekeeping 's unsavory characters and WWF mentality",0 93796,"such fresh territory",1 111012,"What 's most memorable about Circuit",1 237780,"to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment",0 84119,"is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work .",1 128627,"of drooling idiots",0 39335,"to the point of resembling a stage play",0 208952,"overtly disagreeable",0 48818,"almost humdrum approach to character development",0 150274,"This movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment .",0 160903,"have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 106846,"It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments",1 112005,"a genuine love story",1 213367,"than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album",0 13716,"... innocent and well-meaning",1 202324,"intentionally low",0 204660,"lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable",0 236434,"that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr. Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear",0 158295,"enormous comic potential",1 29059,"are n't aware of",0 182581,"As a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .",0 44003,"A chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th Century France : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933",1 133118,"spirit-crushing",0 61324,"'s to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California",0 196959,"diminishing effect .",0 47874,"a class with that of Wilde",1 206344,"more celluloid",0 169169,"preciousness",1 191041,"a nifty plot line",1 224645,"Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan",1 38519,"the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 58802,"the unmentionable",0 235880,"so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar",1 174332,"the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director Joe Carnahan .",0 236549,"that the German film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food",0 96211,"the movie any less entertaining",0 164474,"know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance",0 121681,"has about 25 minutes of decent material",0 11754,"the pool drowned me in boredom .",0 83354,"inherent in how medical aid is made available to American workers",1 207986,"of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism",0 103048,", you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing .",0 163964,"it would be better as a diary or documentary",0 74351,"are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",1 44249,"A slick , engrossing melodrama .",1 70946,"Wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie",1 229712,"can stumble sometimes .",0 208256,"off as annoying rather than charming",0 212581,"still want my money back",0 90014,"painful and refreshing",1 194554,"better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals",1 35203,"of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half",0 127310,"more hackneyed elements",0 203503,"is tepid and tedious .",0 205982,"meager weight",0 87089,"might add -- slice of comedic bliss",1 178955,"wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen",0 229750,"carries almost no organic intrigue",0 119536,"expert thriller",1 93981,"suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies ,",1 193954,"bad sound",0 22040,"spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave",1 232115,"inspired '' was a lot funnier",0 124463,"is recommended only for those under 20 years of age",0 144341,"Ca n't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers ? Try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes Edward Burns ' Sidewalks of New York look like Oscar Wilde .",0 90543,"potent exploration",1 55092,"no special effects , and no Hollywood endings",0 192901,"any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media",0 154373,"at least 10 complete misses",0 225875,"Some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , like Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever , were made for the palm screen .",0 148922,"Suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters , this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood .",0 155620,"but enough to do harm",0 180064,"'s unfortunate",0 51461,"eye-opener",1 137365,"to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of American life",1 169308,"probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in",0 46780,"Spider-Man",1 205041,"like a side dish no one ordered",0 104385,"An unusually dry-eyed , even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture .",1 188282,"The holiday message of the 37-minute Santa vs . the Snowman",0 83452,"intelligent , life-affirming script",1 91740,"riveting set pieces",1 155833,"ca n't act a lick",0 61805,", but also soon forgotten",0 74033,"and gently humorous",1 210016,"quite enough of them",1 24131,"... a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anyway .",0 162443,"intrepid hero ? Ridiculous",0 131913,"see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade",1 209911,"pure venality",0 111430,"` You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . You 'll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter ... '",0 225593,"Remember back when thrillers actually thrilled",0 100932,"would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` The French Lieutenant 's Woman .",1 89290,"often funny way",1 156891,"could nap for an hour and not miss a thing .",0 97417,"this gentle , mesmerizing portrait",1 46782,"Spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future .",1 233001,"it can not even be dubbed hedonistic",0 3731,"a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish",0 113586,"all great films about a life you never knew existed",1 15580,"does n't win any points for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",1 123348,"inelegant",0 72748,"a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 60319,"with a sensitivity",1 71027,"Witty , contemplative , and sublimely beautiful .",1 220195,"yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner",0 31847,"frankness , civility and compassion",1 229766,"catapulting the artist",1 183697,"Enter the Fist is hilarious",1 52684,"historic scandal",0 66043,"Holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks .",1 195268,"ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving",0 228475,"also has many of the things that made the first one charming .",1 156975,"creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 117221,"comes across as both shallow and dim-witted",0 46971,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie is a jolly surprise .",1 105159,"Colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical",1 221850,"... watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life .",0 127610,"much better mother-daughter tale",1 132436,"shreds the fabric of the film",0 2641,"the messy",0 15786,"flattering",1 149909,"The tale of Tok ( Andy Lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail of O ( Takashi Sorimachi ) , the most legendary of Asian hitmen",1 132469,"signing",1 79160,"equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt",1 38753,"the utter cuteness of Stuart",1 31133,"enough complications , close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us",1 91000,"quieter domestic scenes",0 122764,"illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity .",1 171297,"slogged my way",0 98254,"to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California",0 202439,"into the modern rut of narrative banality",0 42180,"is intensely personal and",1 225261,"Occasionally funny , always very colorful and",1 173578,"the brawn -- and the brains --",1 80804,"funny and human",1 22437,"this is no simple movie",1 24397,"A must-see",1 124311,"is n't worth telling",0 17543,"the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films",1 66613,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off",1 132710,"so bad",0 146871,"Jesse Ventura 's best work",1 145734,"Has all the depth of a wading pool",0 183340,"Demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake ,",1 58917,"there is a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit",1 69679,"The lightest , most breezy movie Steven Spielberg has made in more than a decade .",1 100659,"with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 84845,"it 's Robert Duvall ! C'mon",1 4059,"a quirky cast of characters",1 205841,"mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance",0 161200,"hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye are inherently funny",0 21223,"like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end",0 64287,"Beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly",1 77667,"cute moments",1 26902,"The second coming of Harry Potter",1 82938,"in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity",1 43396,"( Chaiken 's ) talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and",1 33364,"is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year .",1 228647,"and immature provocations",0 166397,"movie starring charismatic tough guy Vinnie Jones",1 239018,"would have easily tipped this film into the `` A '' range , as is",1 226966,"Watching Scarlet Diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both .",1 143739,"An instant candidate for worst movie",0 62450,", you know there 's something there . It 's that good .",1 7255,"i 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather , you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief",0 86494,"magnificent swooping aerial shots",1 209555,"posing as a real movie",0 233548,"lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison",0 92617,"shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable",1 106808,"It 's a good film ,",1 239078,"yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time",0 143168,"A living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . The fact that it is n't very good",0 164045,"its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor",1 116807,"certainly appeal to Asian cult cinema fans and Asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .",1 215322,"the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters , is messy , murky , unsatisfying .",0 200970,"health with boundless energy",1 62880,"A conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in Ireland over a man",1 20684,"great Bond movie",1 22655,"up to my adoration",1 232141,"interesting storyline",1 36079,"population",1 171541,"sole bright spot",1 164703,"leaves viewers feeling compromised , unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes .",0 184546,"Humorless , self-conscious art drivel",0 23839,", relentless and beautiful",1 133495,"stylish cast",1 70568,"Unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck",0 57558,"sweetness , clarity and emotional openness",1 141834,"( W ) hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism , Jane Goodall 's Wild Chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands .",0 155428,"bother watching past the second commercial break",0 214610,"the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience",0 233015,"it does n't leave you with much .",0 92746,"sixties ' rockumentary milestones",1 59855,"very original",1 119373,"eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it",1 180667,", honest performance",1 162751,"is an astonishingly bad film",0 162764,"is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around ,",1 207973,"of sensitive observation",1 85589,"just zings along with vibrance and warmth .",1 151494,"a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy",0 191133,"a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King",0 51239,"enjoyable performances",1 18526,"-- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so",1 54827,"more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with",1 88638,"of his character",1 223877,"I wish I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday '' , but the truth of the matter is I was glad when it was over .",0 200742,"have an actor who is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting .",1 60843,"'s a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",1 31989,"gasp appalled and laugh outraged",1 161183,"high-powered",1 64161,"At times THE GUYS taps into some powerful emotions",1 44529,"An old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher 's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue .",1 45657,"In all fairness , I must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .",1 70091,"There 's nothing like love to give a movie a B-12 shot ,",1 23282,", '' Orange County '' is a refreshing change",1 44351,"A woman 's pic directed with resonance by Ilya Chaiken .",1 236493,"that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun",1 122924,"in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent",1 8548,"looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer",0 63833,"An amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine",1 233112,"it would be rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .",0 209091,"particularly memorable",1 101500,"'s a drag how Nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding .",0 4298,"a way that is surprisingly enjoyable",1 96924,"the two leads delivering Oscar-caliber performances",1 42042,"has brilliantly",1 138260,"transcends ethnic lines",1 176190,"to hit the entertainment bull 's - eye",1 210161,"real narrative logic",1 149149,"The Sum of All Fears is almost impossible to follow",0 123723,"is a copy of a copy of a copy",0 21504,"of comfort food for the mind",1 169553,"quickly .",1 25986,"Like old myths and wonder tales spun afresh .",1 90798,"proves that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .",1 55710,"older",0 224191,"It 's just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it .",0 156863,"could be the worst thing Soderbergh has ever done .",0 115124,"assume that the jury who bestowed star Hoffman 's brother Gordy with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at 2002 's Sundance Festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off",0 31305,"everything right",1 61267,"'s something there",1 199507,"freshman",1 97621,"though many of these guys are less than adorable",0 16529,"make it human",1 95673,"the film never feels derivative",1 26130,"Munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment .",1 142520,", the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun .",0 56409,"reaction",1 99991,"which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",1 49847,"brings a beguiling freshness",1 50034,"capable thriller",1 171314,"slowly leaks out of the movie .",0 113786,"alternately touching and funny",1 181881,"A period story about a Catholic boy who tries to help a Jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell .",0 29577,"better-than-average family entertainment",1 219898,"without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",1 63065,"A funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage '' be careful what you wish for",1 3256,"$ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 210342,"relentlessly downbeat",0 138460,"two central performances",1 90992,"quiet , confident",1 40860,"Disney has always been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids ' books to the screen ... Tuck Everlasting is a little of both",1 173169,"that raise the bar on stylized screen violence",1 184451,"Hollywood Ending may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 139477,"well-made and satisfying",1 13349,"you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size",0 89033,"of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause",1 39957,"what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 103771,"A perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland , competently",1 205682,"make the most of its own ironic implications",1 2441,"superior",1 214455,"the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad Blair Witch Project",0 70587,"Using an endearing cast",1 211067,"seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference",0 81249,"good than great",1 63445,"A summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more .",1 189961,"` A ' list cast",1 24239,": George W . Bush",0 61785,", at times sublime , visuals",1 234198,"not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like",0 47085,"The film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama",0 182157,"Academy Award",1 24628,"An exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying",1 177065,"ultra-cheesy",0 74236,"appetizing",1 152632,"a triple-espresso endurance challenge",0 149529,"The longer the movie goes , the worse it gets , but it 's actually pretty good in the first few minutes .",0 225314,"One of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre .",1 143196,"A mess . The screenplay does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , Hopkins looks like a drag queen .",0 148692,"Soderbergh 's best films , '' Erin Brockovich , ''",1 160755,"has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters",1 128468,"of a predictable outcome and a screenplay",0 18412,", giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling",1 111316,"You 'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon ) .",0 187852,"The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget",0 187784,"The Four Feathers comes up short",0 149110,"The Irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted .",0 38039,"the big giant titles of the opening credits to Elmer Bernstein 's perfectly melodic score",1 57895,"that the film is closer to the mark than I want to believe",1 6003,"disturbing",0 144151,"Big Fat Waste of Time .",0 27244,"With youthful high spirits , Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast .",1 86008,"lightness and strictness",0 132415,"shows Holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but )",1 157208,"deeply unpleasant",0 209912,"pure venality --",0 23524,", but the miracle of Shainberg 's film is that it truly is romance",1 86827,"marveilleux",1 162336,"interesting time",1 102927,", there is n't much there here .",0 91022,"quirky and recessive charms",1 69472,"The director , Mark Pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head .",1 201087,"high-concept scenario",1 105475,"Disney 's 1937 breakthrough",1 63917,"An intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality",1 227233,"Writer\/director David Caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza .",1 169351,"profound ,",1 86115,"likely to seduce and conquer",1 62821,"A canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait",1 195999,"comic possibilities",1 25069,"Dark , resonant , inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement .",1 234863,"painful as The Grey Zone",0 104151,"All the pieces fall together without much surprise , but",1 54991,"na",0 107339,"Knockaround Guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast .",1 1473,"it interesting",1 56912,"shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",1 185573,"Kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities .",0 199557,"from a lackluster screenplay",0 24037,"-- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",1 114828,"as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system",1 130961,"radioactive hair",1 219001,"well loved classic",1 218230,"unlikable characters and",0 168258,"one-trick pony",0 147086,"Large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride . But this time , the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .",0 61405,"( A ) real pleasure in its laid-back way .",1 103614,"A gem , captured in the unhurried , low-key style",1 124834,"it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory",0 228242,"a well-made pizza",1 150079,"There 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting ... this film packs a wallop of the latter",0 124860,"it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .",0 224745,"May be spoofing an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today .",1 119242,"equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek",1 72631,"a tasteful , intelligent manner",1 43621,", it 's alarmingly current .",1 83621,"intriguing characters and a sad ending",1 167103,"observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence",1 142130,", consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor .",0 104440,"Anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed",1 32062,"give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 48517,"a wry understanding",0 18738,"Bishop and Stevenson are standouts .",1 12073,"their intelligence",1 1388,"is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie",0 267,"a soul-stirring documentary",1 160344,"greater intelligence",1 3907,"a light , fun cheese",1 222480,"As your relatives swap one mundane story after another , you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart .",0 56970,"shows just enough to keep us on our toes",1 100468,"with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . The difference is that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne",1 60406,"with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects",1 25191,"Egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion .",1 121651,"has a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair : lavish period scenery : and a story just",1 214586,"the film becomes predictably conventional .",0 202386,"into a dullard",0 181987,"A sleek advert for youthful anomie that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions .",0 215673,"the stirring soundtrack",1 28968,"any awards it bags . This is one for the ages",1 182572,"As David Letterman and The Onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor ,",1 190727,"a handful of smart jokes",1 51085,"eating , sleeping and stress-reducing",1 140502,"worthwhile glimpse",1 148243,"Rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment .",0 105389,"Despite modest aspirations its occasional charms are not to be dismissed .",1 77546,"creates in Maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical",1 130666,"probing or penetrating",1 226716,"This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and",0 133522,"subtle , poignant picture",1 50696,"deep vein",0 6746,"generous",1 152578,"a tasty performance from Vincent Gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary",1 159014,"fetid underbelly",0 54881,"most intriguing",1 3249,"your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children",0 44754,"Boomers and their kids will have a Barrie good time .",1 66932,"John Waters-like humor",1 86423,"lush",1 23358,", a sense of playfulness and excitement",1 50945,"does full honor to Miyazaki 's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters .",1 32183,"great evident",1 188062,"The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and",0 53350,"is a veritable source of sincere passion that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around",1 101892,"'s sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately",0 31419,"exuberantly irreverent animated space adventure .",1 207695,"of disturbed genius",1 102352,", Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .",1 226997,"Weaves a spell over you ,",1 110090,"The plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution .",0 62709,"300 years of Russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness .",1 57516,"sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans",0 35297,"of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances",1 101258,"your seat for long stretches",0 204747,"laughably unbearable when it is n't merely offensive .",0 73670,"an almost constant mindset of suspense",1 8621,"make love a joy to behold",1 201294,"hole-ridden",0 123753,"is a gem",1 64664,"Changing Lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight .",1 49151,"are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster",1 9138,"not just unlikable .",0 23000,"'ll love this documentary .",1 153237,"amateurishness",0 191735,"about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz",0 66871,"Jagjit",0 82948,"in future years as an eloquent memorial",1 9106,"nonsense",0 50053,"captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path",1 29751,"bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula",1 15535,"deserves any prizes here",1 66337,"Impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` Manhunter ' was .",1 232543,"is masterful",1 89092,"of the things that made the original Men in Black such a pleasure",1 66780,"It turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning .",1 19900,"and touching nostalgia",1 112065,"a great premise but only a great premise",0 102681,", it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .",1 89913,"overall feelings , broader ideas",1 36795,"self-interested",0 33718,"it surprised me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version .",1 208547,"once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy",0 197812,"emphasizes the Q in Quirky , with mixed results .",0 208303,"offers an AIDS subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex ,",0 37479,"superficially understands his characters",1 127946,"nice album",1 122055,"he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",0 207536,"of a first-rate cast",1 32023,"get into its rhythm",1 125735,"landmark as monumental as Disney 's 1937 breakthrough Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs",1 99626,"was more diverting and thought-provoking than I 'd expected it to be .",1 227193,"With an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining ,",1 169564,"quirky and funny",1 191000,"a movie that ends with Truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud . If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 684,"certain",1 90897,"punctuated by sudden shocks",1 233634,"make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold",1 209125,"passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese",1 26969,"This cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends .",1 128250,"odd drama",0 80527,"frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten",1 47111,"The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant proves to be sensational , and",1 34418,"may just be living well because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence .",1 109668,"The color sense of Stuart Little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is",1 221494,", passion , and genius",1 71581,"a downer and",0 153510,"an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of",0 236134,"sucked .",0 60089,"when it hits its mark it 's brilliant",1 151102,"Yes .",1 102779,", poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad , Harvard Man is ludicrous enough that it could become a cult classic .",0 71165,"Young Everlyn Sampi , as the courageous Molly Craig , simply radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film .",1 162533,"is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them .",0 117748,"crudity",0 232713,"is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario",0 39474,"true to himself",1 190737,"a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice Belgian waffle",1 87741,"nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .",1 149917,"The techno tux is good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt , but",1 95652,"the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture",1 144270,"Britney Spears is really cute",1 77904,"delicately crafted film",1 78103,"devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants",0 179102,"you ca n't wait to see end .",0 51395,"excellent music",1 181692,"A film that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness is ultimately thoughtful without having much dramatic impact .",1 82769,"impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats",1 65596,"For once , a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .",1 17373,"sweetness with coarseness",1 37068,"so bizarre to the adult mind",0 223660,"His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving .",1 67597,"Moonlight Mile does n't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive and they all give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy .",1 46118,"May be far from the best of the series , but",0 394,"an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn",1 44308,"A thoroughly entertaining comedy that",1 231117,"genuinely pretty",1 219978,"work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose",0 145577,"Given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is",0 81441,"guessing plot and",1 149773,"The problem with this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . Had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watching long ago .",0 96962,"the usual whoopee-cushion effort",0 109721,"The dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously",0 166591,"nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before",0 170960,"should have avoided",0 202293,"instead of trusting the material",0 211361,"shame that Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable",0 183036,"Celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs . And neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are",0 71098,"Yes , MIBII is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it .",1 88746,"of love that strikes a very resonant chord",1 58962,"this '' Two Weddings",1 36661,"satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling",1 44506,"An important movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values .",1 60025,"well-directed , well-acted , bald",1 166867,"no real reason to see it . Wait for video --",0 27941,"a warm glow",1 236151,"suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought",1 133438,"struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision",1 125053,"it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied",0 57342,"stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",1 139928,"will likely prefer to keep on watching .",1 209253,"phoney-feeling",0 146818,"Jacquot 's rendering of Puccini 's tale of devotion and double-cross is more than just a filmed opera . In his first stab at the form , Jacquot takes a slightly anarchic approach that works only sporadically .",0 236543,"that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''",0 197509,"drawn-out",0 192028,"affection for its characters",1 17367,"surprises about Wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness .",1 180367,", Eight Crazy Nights is a total misfire .",0 146745,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected ,",0 4647,"an equally beautiful , self-satisfied",1 57203,"something entertaining",1 53303,"is a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same .",1 231492,"has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and",1 36462,"relaxing around old friends",1 12839,"wanting more answers as the credits roll",0 62036,", it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .",1 1704,"masterful",1 191770,"about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap ?",0 224453,"Japan 's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than Batman ...",0 102951,", this is the opposite of a truly magical movie",0 106972,"It 's the type of stunt the Academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film",0 33385,"is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in Auschwitz",1 92731,"sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",0 50716,"deft portrait",1 185911,"Lush",1 1354,"irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs .",1 83933,"is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone",1 230676,"expanded vision",1 176193,"to humor",1 236882,"the film certainly does n't disappoint .",1 233115,"it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 24361,"A highly intriguing",1 52266,"great visual stylists",1 52129,"giggle-inducing comedy",1 41938,"finds a new way to surprise and",1 23820,", perverted , sex-soaked riff",0 64989,"Deliberately and skillfully uses ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance .",1 176527,"to trivialize the material",0 48685,"admirable quality",1 40182,"with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 19690,"alienating as ` Bartleby ' so effectively makes it",1 135951,"the parade",1 11512,"the importance of being earnest , so thick with wit",1 236886,"the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way , and",0 124684,"is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve .",0 228198,"a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life",1 20278,"complex and important",1 125368,"its sparkling beauty",1 234442,"of its execution and skill of its cast",1 169047,"ponderous awfulness of its script .",0 65095,"Director Peter Kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and",1 3666,"a cocky",0 206065,"merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King , yet",0 219696,"with an inauspicious",0 159830,"funeral",0 71886,"a light , yet engrossing piece . Lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .",1 42794,"the beat ,",1 124375,"is nothing short of refreshing",1 1137,"half an",0 4950,"attack of the clones",0 154782,"be not much more",0 139357,"waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot Oscar season currently underway .",1 161153,"hicks and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as captured by their 1970s predecessors",0 38,"'s frustrating to see these guys",0 143082,"A dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things",0 218755,"was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . For the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment",0 22913,"you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't",0 87131,"mind , while watching Eric Rohmer 's tribute",1 54842,"more than capable of rewarding them",1 223374,"First-time director João Pedro Rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on .",0 87329,"more straightforward",1 165385,"lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things",0 60823,"'s a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing",1 2111,"purpose",1 166893,"nobody treats him human enough",1 45171,"Even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve",1 153884,"are more grating than engaging .",0 172484,"taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and",1 226941,"Warm and exotic",1 17485,"the best American movie",1 103257,"... works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .",1 182670,"Austin Powers in Goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places .",0 89103,"of the war",0 106237,"Hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .",0 71708,"a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure",1 147594,"My reaction in a word : disappointment . His last movie was poetically romantic and full",0 73747,"an engaging , wide-eyed actress",1 118732,"drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category",0 107033,"It may be a no-brainer",1 136199,"the scarifying",1 193765,"at least funny",1 238961,"wonderful , imaginative script",1 72560,"a strong directorial stamp",1 221146,", I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes .",0 40058,"who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand",1 140084,"with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic",0 74805,"as the very best of them",1 108921,"Should have gone straight to video . It looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such .",0 95475,"the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen",0 77522,"create a complex , unpredictable character",1 232819,"is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating",0 129764,"otherwise mediocre",0 165736,"may be just as fun ( and scary ) as going to the film .",0 44176,"A movie with a real anarchic flair .",1 46258,"Mr . Tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and",1 229158,"be better to wait for the video",0 108949,"Silly , loud and goofy",1 29405,"be exactly divine",1 126293,"long overdue",1 179681,"'s consistently surprising , easy",1 188170,"The film did n't move me one way or the other",0 134113,"than the first 30 or 40 minutes",1 85592,"justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess",1 61699,", The Country Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .",1 157775,"does n't make sense",0 209163,"pays tribute",1 228325,"absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 66490,"It 's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today .",1 125394,"its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting ,",1 196832,"designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",0 165663,"many coming from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout",0 193530,"as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",0 112973,"a very real and amusing give-and-take",1 209687,"presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",0 163941,"it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it",0 5326,"builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with",1 46713,"Sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential",1 115482,"be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly",0 210538,"rhetoric and cliché",0 181538,"A bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .",1 79418,"exceptional honesty",1 16223,"is a good place to start",1 214512,"the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone",0 218002,"two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd",1 231516,"hate El Crimen del Padre Amaro because it 's anti-Catholic",0 65652,"French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama",1 4656,"an excellent sequel",1 105813,"Fiji diver Rusi Vulakoro and the married couple Howard and Michelle Hall )",1 39666,"unquestionably alive",1 12692,"unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant",0 172759,"than it is funny",1 180432,", Parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '",0 223343,"Featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock .",1 192479,"an angry bark",0 25356,"Francophiles will snicker knowingly",1 209258,"phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism",0 19303,"The director , Steven Shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun .",1 62184,", retrospectively , his most personal work yet",1 171792,"spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 52206,"good will of the parents and ` vain ' Jia 's defoliation",1 5187,"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie",1 52237,"grandiosity",1 75456,"been better in this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon",1 26435,"Reggio 's",1 136290,"the soul of a man in pain",0 238380,"wanes .",0 59837,"veritable",1 235952,"spark genuine chemistry with Townsend",1 18753,"Bubba Ho-Tep is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it .",1 32400,"he 's gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",0 177057,"ultimately fails",0 224,"a particularly toxic little bonbon ,",0 128164,"nothing else to watch",1 112679,"a shallow rumination",0 19342,"The tug of war that ensues is as much a snapshot of modern China in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology .",1 23629,", first by passion",1 212827,"such a delight",1 71395,"a chuckle",1 181013,", the performances are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion .",0 4053,"a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller",1 194719,"blending entrepreneurial zeal",1 78706,"each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",1 24619,"An enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cute for both adults and kids .",1 156373,"clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy",0 19611,"a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins",0 160968,"he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr",0 35146,"of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western",1 162854,"is definitely one to skip , even for horror movie fanatics",0 142722,"-- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in .",0 104313,"An exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire",0 122804,"impish",0 5938,"deuces wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 19972,"arousing",1 177364,"usual blend",0 94928,"that transcends culture and race",1 39661,"unmistakable and hard to resist",1 96035,"the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen",1 47255,"The solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .",1 228188,"a strangely drab romp",0 200789,"have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but",1 41339,"This road movie gives you emotional whiplash , and you 'll be glad you went along for the ride",1 125992,"light and sugary",1 203118,"is more like",1 221514,", right-wing , propriety-obsessed family",0 92734,"sit through , enjoy on a certain level and",1 83652,"invitingly upbeat",1 149026,"Tara Reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant , so I do n't know what she 's doing in here",0 85522,"joyous documentary .",1 52509,"he 'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch .",1 17248,"so racked with self-loathing",0 8971,"myopic",0 76676,"chillingly",1 174307,"the most repellent movie",0 143946,"At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects",0 145439,"For most movies , 84 minutes is short , but",0 192235,"all the scenic appeal of a cesspool",0 113768,"also not very good .",0 69580,"The film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing .",1 129378,"on an irresistible , languid romanticism",1 108760,"Satisfyingly scarifying",1 39749,"valuable",1 95267,"the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness",1 101776,"'s no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan",1 196741,"demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded",0 143178,"A long-winded and stagy session",0 171198,"sketch inspired by the works of John Waters and Todd Solondz , rather than a fully developed story",0 69873,"The rich performances by Friel -- and especially Williams , an American actress who becomes fully English -- round out the square edges .",1 106917,"It 's not a bad premise , just a bad movie .",0 21943,"sexy",1 176820,"treat me like a fool",0 80386,"for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love",1 109784,"The film does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in Laramie following the murder of Matthew Shepard .",1 123839,"is a terrific role for someone like Judd , who really ought to be playing villains",1 218784,"was reportedly rewritten a dozen times",0 148856,"Stay home",0 98212,"to no good",0 85464,"its worst",0 88448,"of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",0 42096,"holds true to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire",1 111687,"a commentary about our knowledge of films",0 157683,"do that is really funny",1 230483,"elegant film",1 216054,"them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 188808,"There 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : Mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up : when the explosions start , they fall to pieces .",0 48865,"an Asian landscape painting",1 8858,"more graceful",1 118692,"dramatic comedy",1 223509,"Good Thing",1 158624,"exercise in emptiness .",0 153992,"are weak ,",0 173790,"the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original .",0 166177,"more fun to make than it is to sit through",0 175451,"this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-TV spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind",0 35700,"one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time",1 174564,"the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions --",1 143927,"As with too many studio pics , plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure .",0 57146,"solid family fun",1 66314,"If you love him , you 'll like it .",1 7040,"have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma",0 184552,"Hypnotically dull",0 13515,", absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere",1 208197,"of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way",0 98523,"too-conscientious adaptation",0 149227,"The audience when I saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack .",0 67234,"Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud",1 65239,"Earnest , unsubtle and Hollywood-predictable , Green Dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese .",1 130207,"physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie",0 213114,"taken away your car , your work-hours",0 198371,"exploiting molestation for laughs",0 132903,"some serious issues",0 229594,"by the dunce of a Screenwriting",0 153322,"an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies",1 161439,"horse tale",0 1028,"for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 158548,"everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar",0 85241,"its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing",1 226300,"The gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` The Lord of the Rings '' trilogy is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's expanded vision of J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth .",1 102614,", it 's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs .",1 188605,"The redeeming feature of Chan 's films has always been the action ,",1 85088,"it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",1 215042,"the miniseries",1 14118,"If this movie were a book , it would be a page-turner",1 120447,"for laughs and not the last time",1 22678,"venomous",0 221811,"... is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri .",0 647,"bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability .",1 100192,"why , after only three films , director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers",1 160898,"have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys",0 12878,"watching blobby old-school cgi animation",0 205731,"makes two hours feel like four",0 162732,"is almost laughable as a consequence .",0 220558,"'d think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material .",0 171572,"some genuinely funny moments",1 24329,"A difficult , absorbing film",0 68993,"Star\/producer Salma Hayek and director Julie Taymor have infused Frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own .",1 84744,"is the performance of Gedeck , who makes Martha enormously endearing .",1 61112,"'s like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . You do n't want to call the cops .",0 196563,"dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum .",0 47218,"The primitive force of this film",1 38751,"the utmost subtlety and perception",1 62195,", seamless and sumptuous stream",1 21180,"keen , unsentimental look",1 130104,"penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship .",0 69032,"Succeeds as a well-made evocation",1 212109,"some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk",0 95480,"the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 79777,"feeling refreshed and hopeful",1 4026,"a pasolini film without passion or politics , or",0 3921,"a little too familiar at the end",0 49736,"bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances",1 183586,"Due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue",0 238460,"was when Green threw medical equipment at a window : not because it was particularly funny , but because I had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration .",0 181175,"- she 's not funny !",0 224111,"It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 169583,"quiver",1 126573,"mainstream Hollywood",1 43610,", ingenious",1 186905,"Represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen .",0 219135,"what once was conviction is now affectation",0 14666,"a badge of honor",1 23475,", but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness .",1 82433,"hope and magic",1 130614,"pretty well",1 89760,"original fantasy film",1 47206,"The picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life ,",1 232588,"is n't my favorite",0 157769,"does n't have sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time",0 145855,"Hollywood has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director John Woo has built his career on",0 51216,"engrossing melodrama",1 199869,"gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand",0 69570,"The film is one of the year 's best .",1 7448,"in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags",0 224304,"It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time",0 101159,"you need to see it",1 188409,"The movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue",1 172540,"talented and clever",1 202260,"insanely violent and very graphic",0 16382,"its intermittent unease , reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self",1 211372,"shapeless documentary",0 30367,"constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another",1 20469,"enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different",1 131941,"see why any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out",0 93469,"stay in touch with your own skin",1 187471,"Sorority Boys , which is as bad at it is cruel , takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it .",0 231092,"gags and",0 87259,"more emotional force than any other recent film",1 114270,"and pasta-fagioli comedy",1 37912,"that tumultuous world",0 151655,"a dull , dour documentary",0 205135,"likely to leave a lasting impression",1 145143,"Eurotrash cult",0 233795,"may scream low budget",0 22908,"you ca n't put down , examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last .",1 173249,"that this film does but feels less repetitive",0 91094,"rare family movie",1 25063,"Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry",1 137317,"to Nicholson . Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance",1 145493,"Frenetic but not really funny",0 78281,"disorienting force",0 229291,"been allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 188392,"The movie 's plot is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh .",0 116990,"cinematic knack",1 81566,"hard to resist his enthusiasm",1 149981,"The whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey ...",0 210700,"rush to the theatre",1 68775,"Showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .",1 51673,"filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1 17034,"rare combination",1 185731,"Less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice Belgian waffle",0 160997,"he never really embraces the joy of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters",0 142665,", you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .",0 76668,"chilling advantage",1 67961,"Often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments",1 60443,"wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released ,",0 88530,"of domestic tension and unhappiness",0 137175,"thoughtful examination",1 22260,"the direct antithesis of what it gets right",0 38156,"the emotional development of the delicate characters",1 229434,"boring talking heads , etc.",0 160456,"had to look away",0 54052,"just enough to keep us on our toes",1 163959,"it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles .",0 196824,"deserves the hook",0 183021,"Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it",0 53839,"it is nevertheless compelling",1 25754,"It 's like a poem .",1 231738,"his life , his dignity and his music",1 172799,"than the finished film , that 's a bad sign",0 34213,"loose",0 21247,"longing and love",1 226429,"The plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , and",0 17450,"that they border on being cartoonlike",0 39572,"unbelievably hilarious",1 8549,"looks neat",1 67178,"Leguizamo 's best movie work so far",1 149515,"The last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movie is the same teenage American road-trip drek we 've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes",0 60690,"'d take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time",1 135898,"the odds and the human spirit triumphs",1 13433,"'s a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there",1 202494,"is ) looking down at your watch and realizing Serving Sara is n't even halfway through",0 86856,"masterful work",1 130561,"present Ah Na 's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism",0 213813,"that really scores",1 222787,"But never mind all that : the boobs are fantasti",1 190754,"a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial",0 120214,"flamboyant mannerisms",1 205559,"made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .",1 45656,"In all fairness",1 163803,"it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",0 16667,"no means a perfect film",0 212805,"subtlety and warmth",1 178362,"will do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .",0 76434,"capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter",1 133193,"staggers in terms of story .",0 148978,"TNT",1 222497,"At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",0 28483,"and a likably delinquent attitude",1 192871,"another weepy Southern bore-athon .",0 215633,"the slowest viewer grasps it",0 210197,"really funny fifteen-minute",1 217026,"to fill time",0 225612,"Return to Never Land is much more P.C. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing",0 143428,"A well acted and well intentioned snoozer .",0 88769,"of moral compromise",1 150927,"While the film misfires at every level",0 157686,"do too many things in this story",0 109937,"The lively appeal of The Last Kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .",1 122320,"his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head",1 104791,"Blue Crush is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be .",0 177755,"watching this waste of time",0 86426,"lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .",1 218158,"undone by a sloppy script",0 115014,"as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and",1 144200,"Bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that I have n't encountered since at least Pete 's Dragon .",1 150631,"Vera 's technical prowess ends up selling his film short : he smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them",0 216326,"this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",0 77855,"defies expectation",1 53438,"is cool .",1 217792,"tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience",0 181900,"A potentially good comic premise and excellent cast",1 144309,"But its awkward structure keeps breaking the spell",0 134130,"thanks to the actors",1 62244,", surprising romance",1 58145,"the community",1 227929,"a glorious dose",1 190136,"a balanced film",1 17321,"still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema",1 55982,"perfectly acceptable",1 180807,", maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",1 192092,"aimless , arduous , and",0 42652,"so refreshing to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and",1 101720,"'s just as wonderful on the big screen .",1 69721,"The movie 's seams may show",0 205962,"may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence . This Scarlet 's letter is A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 190123,"a bad Clive Barker movie",0 31110,"enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen .",1 148897,"Succeeds in providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the Police Academy series .",1 40685,"A pleasurably jacked-up piece of action moviemaking",1 130241,"pinheads who talk throughout the show",0 27500,"a fascinating documentary",1 103594,"A fresh , entertaining comedy",1 206762,"my greatest pictures ,",1 56592,"reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls",1 123044,"in love with myth",1 4736,"another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't",0 219494,"will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious",0 130144,"perfectly executed and",1 48793,"all-around good time",1 183773,"Every joke is repeated at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ?",0 123476,"intelligent , and humanly funny film .",1 188694,"The story 's pathetic",0 99513,"vulgarity , sex scenes",0 55271,"of a respectable summer blockbuster",1 110019,"The music makes a nice album",1 219082,"were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you .",0 50974,"does offer a brutal form of charisma .",1 195760,"clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own",1 80467,"form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .",1 230542,"enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull",1 33665,"it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness",1 92712,"single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department",1 51544,"fascinating but flawed look",1 93188,"sometimes confusing",0 49397,"at the expense of its characters",0 130427,"pop-culture",1 235703,"should never , ever ,",0 162986,"is lame .",0 168240,"one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions",0 237292,"the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",0 35954,"people from such diverse cultures",1 84710,"is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep",1 1692,"manic",0 54692,"me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters",1 206336,"more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 217227,"to offend .",0 135436,"the funniest moments",1 187207,"Serviceable at best , slightly less than serviceable at worst",0 2825,"these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation",0 115559,"be relegated to a dark video store corner",0 83446,"intellect",1 85249,"its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes",1 25731,"It 's a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies",1 42126,"intelligent and",1 137813,"to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0 17676,"the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography",1 182799,"Big Chill",0 154976,"been just another bad movie .",0 234309,"of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 145159,"Even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day :",0 25474,"Happily for Mr . Chin",1 182084,"A waste of fearless purity in the acting craft .",0 91232,"really a true",1 122901,"in a more ambitious movie",1 110158,"The sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness get you down .",0 59351,"to stand in for true , lived experience",1 197543,"driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",0 209494,"political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country",0 210052,"rally to its cause ,",1 65018,"Deserves a place of honor next to Nanook as a landmark in film history .",1 42985,"well shot and",1 31376,"explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests",1 176596,"too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral",0 223648,"High on melodrama",0 158090,"earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent",1 40853,"Director Kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure ,",1 187563,"Sterile",0 48531,"able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it",1 236170,"sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 92583,"should see it as soon as possible",1 121330,"good yarn-spinner",1 104026,"A wretched movie that reduces the Second World War to one man",0 19549,"a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness",1 129668,"oo many of these gross out scenes",0 181877,"A painfully slow cliche-ridden film",0 179339,"'' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 136206,"the screen like a true star",1 232557,"is more original .",1 187842,"The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 154884,"because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",0 154977,"been just another bad movie . Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie",0 63876,"An engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary .",1 74184,"any thinking person is bound to appreciate",1 177862,"welcome to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion",1 73128,"acted , quietly affecting cop drama .",1 57764,"that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music",1 56645,"romp that 's always fun to watch",1 54694,"meaningful cinema",1 69646,"The huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent .",1 47947,"a delightful blend of sweet romance",1 84010,"is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter",1 510,"assumes you are n't very bright",0 53756,"it 's not very well shot or composed or edited",0 6678,"fright",0 180801,", manipulative",0 81971,"he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 93507,"sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story",1 75911,"breaks your heart",1 214865,"the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated , and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle .",0 119183,"enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls",0 81339,"grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments",1 141134,"'s a movie forged in the fires of Chick Flick Hell",0 37911,"that transcends language",1 160333,"great disservice",0 42415,"of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever ,",0 180930,", sordid universe",0 34742,"mull",1 154764,"be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",0 143181,"A loud , low-budget and tired formula film",0 36473,"relocation camps",0 45716,"It 's a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies , and Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip",1 11899,"the stereotypical",0 119600,"extraordinary intelligence and originality",1 199436,"formulaic equations",0 161029,"heart ,",1 9895,"puerile",0 167037,"nothing novel",0 101464,"'re supposed to shriek",1 146976,"K-19 exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate cheap Hollywood tension .",0 106903,"It 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here , but it 's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through .",0 152229,"a played-out idea",0 42744,"takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it",1 152443,"a single good reason",1 160644,"has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight",0 180853,", obnoxious 88-minute infomercial",0 48707,"aesthetic experience",1 1749,"moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",0 57004,"simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine .",1 200714,"have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy .",1 168016,"old-fashioned , occasionally charming",1 109542,"The action is stilted",0 26627,"Spike Lee 's Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents .",1 126620,"make him a problematic documentary subject",0 230396,"doze off for a few minutes or",0 174177,"the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low",0 111769,"a deeply humanistic artist",1 304,"able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn",1 132444,"shrill , simple and soapy .",1 54575,"makes up for in compassion ,",1 197843,"endearing about it",1 181724,"A grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather .",0 223392,"For decades we 've marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .",1 36616,"romp that boasts both a heart and a mind",1 143782,"An unpredictable blend",1 91869,"sadness and obsession",0 105899,"French nuance",1 69540,"The film gets close to the chimps the same way Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection .",1 229022,"assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 153725,"anything but fun",0 200634,"has since",1 27663,"a masterful piece",1 176111,"to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon ''",0 89447,"on stage . It 's not a motion picture",0 234,"a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings",1 133639,"superficially loose",0 139004,"very pretty after-school special",1 165288,"loses steam towards the middle and never really develops beyond attacking obvious target .",0 232730,"is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration",0 191832,"absurd plot twists",0 7552,"inspiring",1 183387,"Despite some strong performances , never rises above the level of a telanovela .",0 161179,"high school production",0 75722,"black indomitability",0 80266,"for excitement",1 89612,"one of the more influential works",1 101286,"zany mix",1 23146,"'s not always a bad thing",1 19887,"and substance",1 154696,"be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 23216,"( Broomfield ) uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue .",1 163592,"is worth e-mailing home about .",1 7957,"it is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .",1 119959,"feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal",1 197929,"enough to stave off doldrums",0 179776,"'s hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles",1 227242,"Yeah , these flicks are just that damn good .",1 176683,"too repetitive",0 56789,"seem entirely convincing",1 47240,"The result is more depressing than liberating",0 214624,"the film seems as deflated as he does",0 92929,"so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance",1 135459,"the glaring triteness of the plot device",0 4288,"a visual tour-de-force",1 72683,"a touching reflection",1 233459,"like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s",1 47902,"a contrivance , as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play",0 188979,"This is a heartfelt story",1 59505,"transcends its specific story to speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle , and sometimes destroy , blood ties .",1 200616,"has no point",0 90734,"profoundly moving documentary",1 123623,"intoxicating show",1 1431,"it 's all pretty tame . the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it",0 124298,"is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .",1 50033,"capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places",1 84810,"is visually ravishing ,",1 50141,"charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark",1 4289,"a visual tour-de-force and",1 192572,"an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album",0 163599,"it 's ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror .",0 23329,", Rohmer fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character - and - relationship study he 's favored for decades .",1 47197,"The overall fabric is hypnotic , and Mr . Mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy .",1 82523,"huge-screen",1 66768,"It must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring Wesley Snipes",1 145273,"Fancy a real downer ?",0 83776,"is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller",1 4199,"a terrible story",0 40935,"Has a shambling charm ... a cheerfully inconsequential diversion",1 83349,"ingenious and often",1 188325,"The lousy lead performances ... keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired .",0 3940,"a lumbering",0 14944,"always seemed static",0 171982,"sticky cocoon",0 189755,"Wimps out by going for that PG-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen",0 213672,"that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",0 135772,"the most original American productions this year",1 23400,", and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast .",1 42353,"maybe , but",1 231730,"his distance from the material is mostly admirable .",1 162846,"is courageous ,",1 203880,"it does n't leave you with much",0 164178,"its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report",0 137419,"to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . ( Kirshner wins , but it 's close . )",0 147498,"Morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed",1 167119,"obviously did n't invest much into itself either",0 83094,"in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing",1 108374,"Peter Jackson has done the nearly impossible . He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper . What Jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",1 140192,"with no obvious escape",0 172072,"strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch and",0 96735,"the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance",1 91434,"remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities .",1 101112,"you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",1 55960,"pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and",1 208135,"of the rollicking dark humor so necessary",1 165034,"limp gender-bender-baller",0 229782,"certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes",1 61008,"'s easy to like and always leaves us laughing",1 37418,"stylistic tour-de-force",1 141092,"'s a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack",0 202846,"is cumbersome",0 78897,"emotional force",1 100489,"with enough action",1 154673,"be able to recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for Disney",0 233980,"move me to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia",1 232949,"it 's just a kids ' flick",0 214249,"the carnage that claims so many lives around her",0 151123,"You can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . Thumbs down .",0 191551,"a total lack",0 95671,"the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .",1 56081,"plying into your subconscious",1 100269,"will keep you watching",1 110384,"There may have been a good film in '' Trouble Every Day , '' but it is not what is on the screen",0 190885,"a lovely trifle",1 233413,"like Silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .",1 160780,"hating the second one",0 132484,"silly subplots",0 15,"' a perfect family film , '",1 64630,"Captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics .",1 112695,"a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood",1 238024,"to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art",1 92126,"seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper ,",1 1716,"may wonder why it 's necessary",0 141455,"'s not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination .",0 44672,"Beauty and",1 97713,"through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause",1 219800,"with pointless extremes",0 236378,"that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century",0 183782,"Every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable . There 's no energy",0 202216,"inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality",0 238586,"what an idea , what a thrill ride .",1 34522,"mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself",1 21333,"miscast leading lady",0 39122,"to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting",1 47216,"The pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies .",1 47600,"What saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is Corcuera 's attention to detail .",1 210989,"see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck",0 162987,"is largely unexplored",0 17768,"through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 85066,"it is infused with the sensibility of a video director",1 112634,"a rollicking adventure for you and",1 65925,"Has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre",1 133030,"sorrowful lows",0 12876,"watching beanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it",1 164039,"its good nature",1 77772,"deafening",0 29356,"avoids the more serious emotions involved",0 145002,"Dull , if not devoid of wit , this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm .",0 212583,"stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise",0 19682,"against the strange , stark beauty of the Mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air",1 136782,"these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes",0 163657,"it 's just not scary",0 192164,"all its fusty squareness",0 170035,"resembles a bad high school production of Grease",0 175337,"this Southern Gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter .",0 143003,"A better title , for all concerned , might be Swept Under the Rug .",0 123036,"in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast",1 108811,"Schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the Hopkins\/Rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas",1 224034,"In the book-on-tape market , the film of `` The Kid Stays in the Picture '' would be an abridged edition",0 6460,"feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition",0 161890,"in its adherence to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",0 9799,"powerful , accessible",1 31482,"far from the best of the series",0 183174,"Comes across as a fairly weak retooling",0 62879,"A conventional , but well-crafted film",1 176431,"to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",0 135327,"the film has in Kieran Culkin a pitch-perfect Holden .",1 24496,"A triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat",1 40384,"wryly",1 71699,"a freshness and modesty",1 54491,"mainly nonprofessional cast",0 180725,", it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .",0 163865,"it makes films like XXX and Collateral Damage seem like thoughtful treatises",0 47913,"a creepy feeling",0 124900,"it . No ,",0 221705,", you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .",0 224733,"Marisa Tomei is good ,",1 35065,"occasionally stretches believability to its limits and relies on predictable plot contrivances",0 187320,"Sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist Japanese jokes",0 155395,"boring and predictable",0 195092,"by '' Project Greenlight '' winner",1 203729,"it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess .",0 100473,"with calamity",0 27398,"a bright future",1 230450,"dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam of ` The Thing ' and a geriatric",0 64433,"Both Grant and Hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others .",1 89286,"often contradictory",0 103589,"A finely tuned mood",1 47767,"` De Niro ... is a veritable source of sincere passion that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around . '",1 52208,"good yarn",1 52394,"has completely transformed himself from his smooth , Goodfellas image",1 209529,"pop manifestations of the Holy Spirit",1 174193,"the last time I saw a theater full of people constantly checking their watches was during my SATs .",0 208875,"outrageous or funny",1 13135,"with indoctrinated prejudice",0 146589,"It 's one long bore .",0 160736,"has so much money delivered so little entertainment",0 28418,"anchor itself in new grounds",1 140917,"'' Bad '' is the operative word for '' Bad Company , '' and I do n't mean that in a good way .",0 75668,"big bloody stew",0 190854,"a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",0 166027,"mishmash that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick",0 200618,"has no point and goes nowhere",0 100978,"writer-director Douglas McGrath 's even-toned direction",1 166865,"no real reason to see it .",0 42839,"the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or",1 180220,"( The film 's ) taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all but",0 14238,"Like the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early - '80s suburbia , it 's significant without being overstated .",1 214871,"the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor",0 151821,"a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",0 166719,"new standards",1 27338,"` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do",0 2656,"the most offensive",0 96719,"the smarter offerings",1 125247,"its explosive subject matter",1 207011,"no charm , no laughs ,",0 187581,"Sting",0 38887,"they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula .",1 221657,", today , can prevent its tragic waste of life",0 60580,"you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion",1 63535,"A uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization",1 102599,", introspective and entertaining",1 129556,"one of the lucky few who sought it out",1 132701,"sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",1 17982,"was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space",1 181302,"... built on the premise that middle-class Arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids .",0 216964,"to diminishing effect . The characters never change",0 139311,"watch this movie",1 24069,"-- nonstop romance , music , suspense and action .",1 149569,"The movie bounces all over the map .",0 51873,"found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful ,",1 155664,"buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in Point Pleasant",0 192460,"an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence . This Scarlet 's letter is A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 13001,"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace ,",0 124410,"is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences",1 131406,"resentful Betty and",0 103114,"-- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --",0 135608,"the kind of social texture and realism",1 38134,"the discomfort",0 237504,"this a diss",0 106930,"It 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but",0 220700,"'s a heck of a ride",1 76086,"but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",1 62987,"A fiercely clever and subtle film ,",1 13808,"A sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story",1 134433,"that it rarely achieves its best",0 83894,"is a strong , character-oriented piece",1 208610,"one of Demme 's good films",1 165946,"might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps",0 31981,"future cult classic",1 49177,"are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting .",1 97195,"there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .",1 145163,"Even if Britney Spears is really cute , her movie is really bad .",0 120798,"fuel our best achievements and other times",1 98976,"underlines even the dullest tangents",0 81563,"hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 195154,"by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks",0 74753,"as possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 83308,"inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder",0 232693,"is one of those films that I wanted to like much more than I actually did",0 165099,"little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor",0 74092,"animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 151531,"a complete failure",0 152423,"a shameless sham ,",0 67113,"Lan Yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency",0 193444,"as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's",0 35124,"of San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads",1 238126,"true-blue",1 68835,"Smart , sassy interpretation of the Oscar Wilde play",1 198650,"feel good about themselves",1 148568,"Should n't have been allowed to use the word '' new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie .",0 196056,"complaining",0 220651,"'s Black Hawk Down with more heart .",1 19963,"are standouts",1 56601,"revulsion",0 215935,"the worst movies of one year",0 224321,"It irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere .",0 160432,"had , in fact",0 233353,"leaves you giddy",1 142838,"10 Worst List bad",0 93860,"summery",1 73607,"amusing and unsettling",1 209859,"provocative stuff",1 18224,"paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 234853,"paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and",0 162944,"is instead a tepid waste of time and talent .",0 51595,"feels the dimming of a certain ambition",0 236196,"sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy",1 203246,"is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs",0 28279,"amid a compelling plot",1 212256,"sort of loved the people onscreen",1 95119,"the always hilarious Meara",1 225724,"See it .",1 110537,"This overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary . Hmmm",0 5037,"be invented to describe exactly how bad it is",0 25550,"Hilarious , acidic Brit comedy .",1 208893,"over the end of cinema",1 91670,"richly detailed ,",1 237999,"to the power of the eccentric and the strange",1 146134,"I was glad when it was over",0 23239,"( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness : we need his shticks",1 161498,"however , Dogtown and Z-Boys lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about .",0 228661,"and suspenseful Argentinian thriller",1 140188,"with most intelligent viewers",1 203392,"is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs .",0 138323,"trick you",0 129673,"oozes craft .",1 38523,"the performances alone",1 217707,"totally unnecessary prologue",0 185926,"Lyne 's stolid remake",1 188604,"The redeeming feature of Chan 's films has always been the action",1 150345,"Though Howard demonstrates a great eye as a director",1 123843,"is a tribute",1 186234,"Muddled",0 120932,"garish showcase",0 61503,"( Westbrook ) makes a wonderful subject for the camera .",1 75713,"bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 46676,"Salma Hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life",1 76564,"chance to find love in the most unlikely place",1 25764,"It 's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun .",1 73842,"an indelible epic American story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives",1 110428,"This amiable picture talks tough , but it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as Greenfingers ...",1 236507,"that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience ,",0 165111,"little to boost Stallone 's career",0 183683,"Enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise . Yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma",0 212884,"suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected .",0 121137,"give herself over",0 84167,"is especially terrific as Pauline",1 151792,"a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity Short Cuts by way of Very Bad Things",0 84576,"is rich in emotional texture",1 151858,"a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message",0 216986,"to drown yourself in a lake afterwards",0 159380,"for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",0 225689,"Savvy director Robert J. Siegel and his co-writers",1 35827,"out his cast with appealing fresh faces",1 115627,"be why it works as well as it does",1 235505,"see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction",0 31994,"geared",1 28239,"already be among the faithful",1 136428,"the top and movies",1 204977,"like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . How about surprising us by trying something new",0 62563,"... a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind .",1 217735,"traffics in tired stereotypes",0 118864,"easier to sit through than most of Jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films",0 60373,"with promise",1 117084,"clichéd",0 220934,"'s nothing very attractive about this movie",0 124738,"is ultimately quite unengaging",0 231296,"graced",1 224794,"Mike White 's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor",1 95108,"the affable Maid",1 165282,"loses its way",0 69990,"The sword fighting is well done and Auteuil is a goofy pleasure",1 59500,"transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot",1 135001,"the cheap",0 204271,"its own meager weight",0 75255,"be distinguished from a mediocre one",1 63545,"A very well-meaning movie , and",1 135006,"the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",1 115481,"be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation",0 195049,"but intellectually stultifying",0 80973,"gets around to its real emotional business",1 90304,"pill to swallow",0 71974,"a mere disease-of -",0 228462,"allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk",1 108932,"Sia lacks visual flair .",0 151467,"a cheap slasher flick",0 235721,"showcases a group of dedicated artists",1 226663,"This is n't a stand up and cheer flick : it 's a sit down and ponder affair",1 176860,"tries too hard to be funny",0 1875,"occasionally really funny",1 149166,"The Truth About Charlie",1 123817,"is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .",1 236704,"the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison",0 40396,"yell ` Safe",0 119805,"faster , livelier",1 209225,"personal low",0 188316,"The leads we are given here are simply too bland to be interesting .",0 114872,"as beautiful , desirable , even delectable ,",1 13163,"with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime",1 73673,"an ambitious film",1 149913,"The talented and clever Robert Rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second .",0 16068,"how quickly it faded from my memory",0 33558,"is what movies are supposed to be",1 175984,"to become cinematic poetry",1 181552,"A cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic Ladies and Gentlemen , The Fabulous Stains ... Crossroads is never much worse than bland or better than inconsequential",0 207105,"no substance",0 67751,"Nair 's attention to detail creates an impeccable sense of place , while Thurman and Lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances .",1 8714,"may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick",0 203010,"is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of Variety",0 41337,"This road movie gives you emotional whiplash ,",1 145560,"Gets Molested",0 125501,"just ca n't take it any more",0 203203,"is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated",0 214786,"the historical period and",1 37331,"sticks much closer to Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of High Fidelity did .",1 122579,"howler",1 125682,"labored and unfunny",0 127444,"most ingenious film",1 18105,"with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity",1 189215,"Tom Shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing Adams",1 159707,"from being an unusual sci-fi character study to a chase flick that detracts from its ending",0 74692,"as good as the original",1 155188,"between vertigo and opacity",0 123720,"is a commentary about our knowledge of films",1 165235,"looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years",0 187281,"Showtime deserves the hook .",0 34421,"may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets",1 15538,"detailed",1 111600,"a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall",0 41554,"an unsettlingly familiar figure --",0 182035,"A superfluous sequel",0 10775,"strip it of all its excess debris ,",0 127608,"moving performance",1 36191,"profound common sense",1 71802,"a head-turner -- thoughtfully written",1 3361,"'s one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 62900,"A culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling American in Europe .",1 29272,"at Sundance , this white-trash satire",0 96673,"the sheer beauty of his images",1 80224,"for a smart , nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus",1 64212,"B-movie you",0 221797,"... certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes .",1 206289,"modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance",0 25770,"It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb .",1 237867,"to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle",0 236813,"the director ca n't do",0 100228,"wildly popular Vin Diesel",1 43552,", but worth seeing for Ambrose 's performance .",1 210380,"remarkably strong",1 170441,"sci-fi cinematic ride",1 179843,"'s mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable",0 197309,"does n't generate a lot of energy",0 65565,"Fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera",1 70104,"There are a couple of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall .",1 223925,"If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will .",0 108539,"Raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings .",1 123078,"in reality it 's one tough rock .",1 233647,"make this statement in an easily accessible way",1 164246,"joyless",0 51378,"evoke surprising poignance",1 196826,"desiccated talent",0 224346,"It looks good , Sonny",1 33615,"it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen",1 213806,"that powerhouse of 19th-century prose",1 21917,"see it and enjoy .",1 104110,"Alarms for Duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks",0 12944,"what 's next ... ghost blimp",0 184947,"Instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the X Games , we get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized .",0 212828,"such a dependable concept",1 224823,"More mature than Fatal Attraction , more complete than Indecent Proposal and more relevant than 9 1\/2 Weeks , Unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .",1 177790,"we deserve the trash that we get .",0 35245,"of filmic epiphany",1 60486,"would have been perfect for an old '' Twilight Zone '' episode",1 2624,"the horror",0 223091,"Degenerates into hogwash",0 47790,"` spectacular spectacle",1 18194,") why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 183883,"Farrelly Brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher",1 26904,"The smartest bonehead comedy",1 231552,"have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage",0 165313,"loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy",0 22720,"warped",0 7932,"it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it",1 26886,"The pleasures of Super Troopers",1 190573,"a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along",0 909,"escape",1 7776,"is small in scope , yet perfectly formed",1 231414,"has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture",1 145396,"Flounders due to the general sense that no two people working on the production had exactly the same thing in mind .",0 166096,"moldy and trite",0 137866,"to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short",0 11690,"the needlessly poor",0 221611,", the trip there is a great deal of fun .",1 122570,"how very bad",0 187767,"The Chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film .",0 115519,"be in wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 39276,"to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous",1 171533,"soggy , soporific , visually dank",0 172771,"than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series",0 35856,"over-the-top love",1 39464,"troubling interpretation",0 216680,"throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr . Chicken",0 204899,"letting go at all the wrong moments",0 205952,"may not add up to the sum of its parts",0 68534,"Runs on the pure adrenalin of Pacino 's performance",1 112104,"a heck of a ride",1 163163,"is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style .",0 161808,"in a visual style that is willfully overwrought",0 71737,"a good fight",1 232462,"is exceedingly pleasant ,",1 219174,"when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours",0 188465,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther ,",0 9781,"political blair witch ,",0 183040,"Certainly beautiful",1 45207,"Extremely well acted by the four primary actors",1 210838,"say things like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly . ''",0 100617,"with style",1 151544,"a consistent tone",1 207306,"nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through",0 202849,"is dark , brooding and slow ,",0 177387,"valueless",0 183842,"Fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor .",0 116216,"brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .",1 176695,"too smug",0 94825,"that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world",1 86884,"may be Burns 's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen .",1 96075,"the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect",1 69172,"Terrific performances",1 182346,"An allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals African American professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing ,",1 22878,"would expect nothing less from this bunch",1 201022,"her childlike smile",1 63909,"An instance of an old dog not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick .",1 104768,"Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers",1 192772,"and sickening product placement",0 64368,"Birthday Girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .",1 209394,"plays worse now",0 191347,"a slice of counterculture",1 123972,"is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable",0 58335,"the four primary actors",1 209875,"psychologically unpersuasive",0 124388,"is on full , irritating display",0 116064,"bloody beauty as vivid",1 75584,"best Herzog",1 126809,"markedly inactive",0 111694,"a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that I ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here .",0 30217,"clever writing",1 172485,"taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating",0 24687,"Andy Garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and Mick Jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , Performance .",1 102249,", Godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .",1 151057,"Worthy",1 130030,"passionate and",1 21090,"it 's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture",1 160731,"has sequel-itis something fierce . An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job",0 71682,"a fluid , no-nonsense authority",1 186340,"Nicolas Cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray",0 234413,"of dynamite",1 20364,"desert",0 68241,"Poignant and moving",1 162882,"is familiar from its many predecessors",1 12165,"this is such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who cares if the story 's a little weak",1 216437,"this movie is careless and unfocused .",0 110337,"There 's the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream .",0 32466,"helluva time",1 40370,"worthy addition",1 43622,", it 's an eye-opener .",1 164943,"like entertainment for trolls",0 126039,"like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties",0 238424,"warn",0 120642,"fresh approach",1 125943,"libido film",1 219935,"woefully hackneyed movie",0 13579,", funny and good-natured",1 86052,"like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle",1 121098,"getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited --",0 110850,"Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material",0 114659,"are priceless",1 178344,"will be a good ( successful ) rental",1 47980,"a fabric of complex ideas here ,",1 49102,"appeal to a mainstream American audience",1 75957,"bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",1 177610,"wants to blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition . It 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one",0 36915,"shot and beautifully",1 176646,"too many pointless situations",0 33803,"its mind",1 3436,"( the kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale",0 183351,"Depressingly thin and",0 171650,"something fun",1 2131,"recognizable",1 72642,"a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history",1 160195,"goes from being an unusual sci-fi character study to a chase flick that detracts from its ending",0 231886,"if the video is n't back at Blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees",0 191576,"a twist -- far better",1 161702,"impossible to ignore .",1 214906,"the kiss of death in this bitter Italian comedy",0 155598,"bus wreck",0 92194,"seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 208950,"overstuffed and",0 70901,"While somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one ,",1 118449,"do n't even care that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 118532,"does n't have all the answers",0 227109,"Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears",0 60951,"'s apparently just what ( Aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career",1 96617,"the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph",1 61381,"'ve figured out Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble",0 135324,"the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .",1 126734,"making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden",1 187798,"The Hood",1 22111,"sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive",1 134483,"that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief",1 31959,"fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude .",1 212930,"superior plotline",1 80895,"genial",1 8729,"may well",1 234562,"of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",1 137034,"this review life-affirming",1 211024,"seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent",0 44325,"A twisty ,",1 7669,"is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr",0 123767,"is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is .",1 101017,"yawn",0 92551,"should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 61656,", Miller , Kuras and the actresses make Personal Velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .",1 220328,"you should see this movie",1 112247,"a lot of good material",1 121669,"has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .",1 102333,", Stuart Little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .",1 64524,"Brown Sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy",1 109418,"The Four Feathers is definitely horse feathers ,",0 181730,"A gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups .",0 16895,"overcomes",1 27881,"a surprisingly effective Peter\/Spider-Man",1 191113,"a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating",0 116923,"cheery and tranquil suburban life",1 151136,"You get the impression that writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory ... but his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools .",0 237969,"to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 80360,"for the heart as well as the mind",1 5882,"delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",1 9065,"no apparent reason",0 222272,"Amazingly dopey .",1 140756,"you get back to your car in the parking lot",0 89765,"originality to make it a great movie",1 211138,"seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain",0 72058,"a neat way",1 121007,"genteel and unsurprising the execution",1 18337,", Mr . Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .",1 100963,"wreak",0 102886,", the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .",0 83806,"is a kind of perpetual pain",0 188078,"The dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway : after that , the potency wanes dramatically",0 118003,"delicious and delicately funny look",1 54224,"lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu",1 16908,"page-turner",1 39525,"two strangers",1 61278,"'s strongest and most touching movie of recent years",1 77947,"delivers a magnetic performance",1 111153,"Wildly incompetent",0 176873,"trip tripe",0 58208,"the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure",1 71260,"a Wonderful Life marathons",1 225841,"So young , so smart",1 780,"definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire",1 61768,", and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",0 165808,"meant to be ` inspirational ' and ` uplifting '",1 19148,"Now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism .",1 143314,"A sensual performance",1 183539,"Does n't deliver a great story ,",0 29544,"below",0 28180,"akin to the story the film portrays",1 149226,"The audience when I saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack",0 162827,"is closer to Slowtime",0 4129,"a soothing formula",1 195959,"comes across as stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer .",0 52405,"has here a thriller",1 84150,"is duly impressive in IMAX dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins .",1 63935,"An old-fashioned scary movie ,",1 20049,"avalanche",0 195473,"careless and",0 69450,"The culmination of everyone 's efforts is given life when A Selection appears in its final form ( in '' Last Dance '' ) .",1 117851,"daring and verve",1 153143,"all the usual ground",1 94594,"that comes to mind , while watching Eric Rohmer 's tribute to a courageous Scottish lady",1 185131,"It 's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie . And it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .",0 155122,"benign but forgettable sci-fi",0 8137,"its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time .",1 102934,", they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .",0 3172,"will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts",1 166891,"noblest",1 70748,"Well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances",1 104882,"Broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car",0 225017,"Ms. Bullock 's best work",1 218100,"under cars",1 138191,"topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights .",0 132268,"she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair",1 143667,"Although there are several truly jolting scares",1 69993,"The tasteful little revision works wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals .",1 209626,"precious at the start",1 79319,"every bit as distinctive as his visuals . Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork",1 187191,"Seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight .",0 189246,"Too much power , not enough puff .",0 8086,"its overly complicated and derivative",0 166928,"normal ol' slasher plot",0 15282,"bored or frustrated by the film",0 112302,"a masterpiece -- and a challenging one",1 115020,"as sexy",1 58906,"theories",1 133833,"take you to outer space",1 231251,"goes on for the 110 minutes of `` Panic Room ''",0 223613,"He can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent , he 'll get the girl",1 116271,"bubbles with the excitement of the festival in Cannes .",1 94025,"sweet spot",1 89725,"openness ,",1 7894,"it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 94113,"take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis",1 225968,"Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges : it 's so clever you want to hate it .",1 13596,", intelligent psychological drama .",1 217505,"to wade through",0 196946,"digital photography",1 227122,"While Scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` Gangs '' is never lethargic",1 158667,"exploitation flick",0 62213,", shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown .",1 178488,"with a clear passion for sociology",1 64875,"Cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression .",1 12313,"to be america 's sweetheart",1 70341,"Those with a modicum of patience",0 20006,"as much a snapshot of modern China in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology",1 97336,"third or fourth viewing",1 39459,"triumph , relentless and beautiful",1 222652,"Bond had more glamour than clamor",1 7662,"is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice",1 141549,"'s really done it this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel",0 86742,"manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability",1 129366,"on a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal members of society ...",1 196480,"cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy",0 58682,"the screenplay falls somewhat short",0 217810,"triumph '",1 4995,"barbarism",0 200078,"going to feel like you were n't invited to the party",0 77171,"confidently",1 84054,"is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .",1 229901,"come to term an `` ambitious failure",0 118838,"eager fans",1 163556,"is utterly unlikeable",0 39633,"uniformly engaging performances",1 50516,"courage -- and complicity --",1 28815,"and sugar-sweet",1 177956,"what are adults doing in the theater at all ?",0 23581,", director Jackson strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action\/effects on the spectacular scale .",1 36828,"serious sparkles",1 27989,"a zippy sampling of sounds",1 215086,"the most positive thing that can be said about the new Rob Schneider vehicle",0 149129,"The Other Side of Heaven '' appalling ''",0 162099,"inability to create interest",0 203879,"it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen",0 176610,"too dull to enjoy .",0 126534,"made by a proper , middle-aged woman .",1 63844,"An edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .",1 111330,"You 've already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles , but",0 235177,"rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year .",1 188213,"The film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes -- it 's insanely violent and very graphic .",0 66741,"It lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho .",1 63022,"A fine effort , an interesting topic , some",1 65934,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U . S . -- a major director is emerging in world cinema",1 123717,"is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride .",1 138237,"traditional romantic",1 41909,"fatality , classism",0 109222,"Straightforward and old-fashioned",1 61095,"'s incredible the number of stories the Holocaust has generated . Just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians",1 200920,"he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited",0 71993,"a momentum that never lets up",1 8598,"made the first one charming",1 178561,"with drag gags",0 230112,"decomposition",0 184667,"I hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of High Art .",0 31501,"fascinating connections",1 159806,"full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability",0 93120,"some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",1 162373,"into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films",0 132774,"so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a Buñuel retrospective",0 107438,"Like Kissing Jessica Stein , Amy 's Orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .",1 184022,"Frank Capra played this story straight . But the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes",0 145579,"Given that both movies expect us to root for convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same",0 100403,"with a goofy energy",1 87822,"never takes hold .",0 18430,", its ambitions are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial .",1 224374,"It may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied .",1 86406,"low-budget movie",0 22173,"that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it",1 167990,"often-deadly boring , strange reading",0 225021,"Ms. Griffiths and Mr. Pryce bring off this wild Welsh whimsy .",1 133902,"tawdry B-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie",0 165923,"might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog",0 229233,"be very possible for a reasonably intelligent person to sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all",0 184179,"God Is Great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage",1 228245,"a wet stick of dynamite",0 27336,"` they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department",1 122211,"high production values",1 61487,"( Russell ) makes good B movies ( The Mask , The Blob ) , and The Scorpion King more than ably meets those standards .",1 142305,", it loses steam towards the middle and never really develops beyond attacking obvious target .",0 124158,"is intriguing , provocative stuff .",1 190687,"a great hook , some clever bits and",1 127161,"missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny",1 151618,"a disappointingly thin slice",0 55463,"of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 113886,"an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters",1 205224,"little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating",0 120699,"from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 98882,"ultimate movie experience",1 99791,"well intentioned",1 135598,"the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller",1 78320,"disturbing story",0 233366,"less than pure wankery .",0 62364,", though goofy and lurid ,",1 141550,"'s really done it this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .",0 7133,"high crimes were any more generic",0 205014,"like a copout",0 66658,"It 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what ( Aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career .",1 105716,"Everything 's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .",0 75605,"betrayal , forgiveness and murder",0 118455,"do n't have a clue on the park .",0 45938,"Keener is marvelous",1 209780,"profound characterizations",1 26839,"The inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth .",1 74777,"as substantial",1 5655,"comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh",0 233236,"just when you think it ca n't get any more gay",0 102624,", it 's just as wonderful on the big screen .",1 118875,"easy feel-good sentiments",1 132622,"slobbering",0 48701,"adroitly minimalist movie",1 164382,"keep the audience guessing and guessing -- which is not to be confused with suspecting -- until it comes time to wrap things up and send the viewers home",0 228476,"also is difficult to fathom .",0 81039,"give a thought to the folks who prepare and",1 18601,"A triumph of art direction over narrative , but what art direction !",1 12057,"the year 's best films",1 170004,"represents Bartleby 's main overall flaw .",0 21012,"is back in a major way",1 27504,"a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love",1 71397,"a cinematic poem",1 71431,"a companionable couple",1 222185,"Acting , particularly by Tambor , almost makes `` Never Again '' worthwhile , but ( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice",0 105790,"Feels at times like a giant commercial for Universal Studios , where much of the action takes place .",0 71144,"You feel good",1 114122,"an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 196084,"compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy",0 6690,"from dramatic tension",1 82558,"humor throughout",1 199705,"fusty squareness",0 9145,"not only a pianist , but",1 202724,"is an all-time low for Kevin Costner",0 121784,"has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar .",1 112654,"a scruffy",0 226540,"The wanton slipperiness",0 115380,"bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 221445,", it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises",0 85729,"lacks in substance",0 198638,"features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 152930,"acute character study",1 158060,"dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags",0 50990,"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",1 208995,"own solemn insights",1 9247,"of cliches",0 34572,"more incredible",1 1766,"most addicted to film",1 91307,"recommend this film more",1 210975,"seduced .",1 87889,"no clear picture",0 7048,"have you forever",1 190629,"a funny moment",1 188257,"The good is very , very good ... The rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful",1 51104,"edgy thriller",1 146764,"It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But here 's the real damn",0 58357,"the grind to refresh our souls",1 63002,"A film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships .",1 206626,"movie-star intensity",1 195349,"can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline",1 81361,"great equalizer",1 27055,"Tim Story 's not there yet -",0 95667,"the film is well-crafted and this one is",1 150457,"Too much of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped .",0 26888,"The pleasures of Super Troopers may be fleeting , but they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor .",1 22070,"strange , stark beauty",1 95940,"the inspiration of the original and",1 215106,"the movie 's rude and crude humor",0 116668,"captivating details",1 38714,"the time when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable",1 214538,"the experience of staring at a blank screen",0 150444,"Too leisurely paced and visually drab for its own good",0 82081,"helps create a complex , unpredictable character",1 108789,"Scherfig 's light-hearted profile",1 223751,"I also wanted a little alien as a friend !",1 188357,"The most excruciating 86 minutes one",0 61982,", irresponsible",0 124808,"it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as Greenfingers",1 236953,"the giant Achilles ' heel in `` Stuart Little 2 `` : There 's just no story , folks",0 86890,"may be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 151414,"a bright sheen",1 110110,"The problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart .",1 40469,"you will laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all",1 89676,"ongoing - and unprecedented -",1 146936,"Julie Taymor 's preposterous Titus",0 199069,"flinging their feces at you",0 72487,"a sparkling newcomer",1 120576,"forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot",0 52635,"his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness",1 156509,"combines The Blues Brothers and Almost Famous ( but with bears , and a G rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of Disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure .",0 94543,"that actually manages to bring something new into the mix",1 96177,"the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season",1 85302,"its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway",0 92519,"shockingly intimate",1 6388,"fake",0 124852,"it 's not entirely memorable",0 25291,"Far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial , cash-in features Nickelodeon has made from its other animated TV series .",1 218247,"unremittingly ugly",0 3796,"a flawed",0 10861,"surprisingly enjoyable",1 142300,", it implodes in a series of very bad special effects",0 185474,"Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 92466,"she 's cut open a vein",0 50444,"contrived nonsense",0 215723,"the supposed injustices",0 103796,"A portrait of alienation so perfect",1 34276,"made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer",1 51742,"floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity",1 133666,"surefire casting . The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 112785,"a stiff",0 1018,"for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all",0 221232,", `` Big Trouble '' is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .",1 120437,"for its extraordinary intelligence and originality",1 16760,"of originality",1 218199,"unifying",1 40354,"works well and will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism .",1 125415,"its visual panache and compelling supporting characters",1 159923,"generally disappointing",0 15226,"because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",1 149791,"The reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year",0 120837,"fun in this cinematic sandbox",1 211027,"seem graceless and ugly",0 178988,"written off",0 97478,"this much imagination and nerve",1 78449,"does n't give us anything we have n't seen before",0 743,"crimes",0 65362,"Even if you 're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor .",1 126208,"little alien",0 62641,"13 Conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful",0 3513,"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does .",0 195611,"characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 158329,"entertained getting hit by a bus",0 165612,"makes valid points",1 36772,"seen in years",1 141125,"'s a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense .",0 82978,"in its laid-back way",1 66850,"Jackson is always watchable .",1 194153,"be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",1 44773,"Brian De Palma is utterly mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . It 's a beautiful madness .",1 196909,"did n't convince me that Calvin Jr . 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side",0 61936,", he has at least one more story to tell : his own .",1 5406,"callow student",0 81551,"happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted",1 175563,"this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral .",0 191514,"a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast",0 231995,"in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light",1 114935,"as in the songs translate well to film",1 118698,"dramatic enough to sustain interest",1 102431,", but it at least calls attention to a problem Hollywood too long has ignored .",1 178414,"wilts after awhile",0 100222,"wildly alive",1 140218,"with slow pacing",0 76683,"chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss",1 123773,"is a just a waste .",0 186199,"Most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement .",0 4580,"amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing",0 224136,"It 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries .",1 125834,"leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion",0 80789,"funny , harmless and as substantial",1 211881,"smug and convoluted",0 174887,"the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and",0 53,"'s rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 181906,"A predictable , manipulative stinker . The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge",0 144667,"Crossroads comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs .",0 41539,"ambition is in short supply in the cinema ,",0 208269,"offal",0 44984,"Curves",1 199763,"gender-provoking",1 118768,"dudsville",0 169643,"rare ones",1 51276,"entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal",1 5625,"collapses",0 141620,"'s something with potential",1 229730,"capture the magic of the original",1 210177,"realize there 's no place for this story to go but down",0 161208,"hip .",1 233453,"like quirky , odd movies and\/or the ironic",1 132630,"slow scenes . But something seems to be missing .",0 13565,", charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists .",1 21937,"set against the strange , stark beauty of the Mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air",1 162858,"is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day",0 67880,"Not about scares but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense .",1 150054,"There 's no palpable chemistry between Lopez and male lead Ralph Fiennes",0 65557,"Flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old Jack Nicholson",1 143124,"A graceless ,",0 175017,"the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences",0 33913,"just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair",1 25582,"Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination",1 99510,"vulgar comedy that 's definitely an acquired taste",1 121661,"has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors .",1 17171,"self-sacrifice and patience",1 191823,"absolutely and completely ridiculous",0 39940,"well-oiled machine",1 149861,"The story has its redundancies , and",0 36810,"sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama",1 180371,", FearDotCom should log a minimal number of hits",0 173660,"the consciousness-raising lessons are cloaked in gross-out gags .",0 32772,"imperfect",0 33822,"its pleasures are still plentiful",1 12054,"the year 's best and most",1 69078,"Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped . For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy",0 119649,"fails to provoke them .",0 228932,"as bad as its trailers",0 158382,"error",0 181727,"A grating , emaciated flick",0 181941,"A rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .",0 74346,"are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise",1 202723,"is an agonizing",0 37070,"so blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and underwritten .",1 229366,"best for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",1 238465,"wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50",0 6123,"ease and confidence",1 226069,"That 's a cheat .",0 206759,"my eyelids ... getting",0 166066,"mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",0 158955,"feels like a community theater production of a great Broadway play",0 218097,"undemanding armchair tourists",0 7278,"i had expected",1 43866,"... has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast .",1 64202,"Awesome work",1 140125,"with cheapo animation ( like Saturday morning TV in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and Japanese names",0 3651,"a classic story",1 196870,"determined , ennui-hobbled",1 79922,"filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 171997,"still feels like it was made by some very stoned college students",0 57058,"slippery slope",0 152616,"a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects",0 23208,"( A ) Hollywood sheen bedevils the film from the very beginning ... ( but ) Lohman 's moist , deeply emotional eyes shine through this bogus veneer ...",1 138747,"unparalleled proportions , writer-director Parker",1 222317,"An overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy",0 7576,"institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force",0 218405,"value or merit",1 161076,"help that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel",0 222109,"A true-blue delight .",1 174221,"the little yard apes",0 39737,"using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",1 106728,"In trying to be daring and original",1 21836,"reflective and reasonable",1 119392,"every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",0 25525,"Her film",1 37518,"surreal as a dream",1 157637,"do little to advance the Linux cause",0 63604,"A-list director",1 171441,"so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu",0 8576,"ludicrous",0 61942,", heartwarming film",1 202963,"is great",1 102374,", an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .",0 71794,"a happy ending",1 218517,"video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .",0 108071,"Not the Great American Comedy , but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too .",1 232279,"is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .",1 234558,"of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",1 146002,"I ca n't quite recommend it -- it 's too patched together -- but I almost can",0 99441,"violent jealousy",0 118071,"depress you about life itself",0 214990,"the magnificent Jackie Chan",1 174296,"the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea .",0 99663,"watch on video at home",0 233026,"it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) .",0 226873,"Unfortunately , they 're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable .",0 173566,"the book or the beloved film",1 184773,"If Damon and Affleck attempt another Project Greenlight , next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .",0 20166,"but be warned",0 134322,"that few will bother thinking it all through",0 223833,"I liked the movie , but I know I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further",1 191757,"about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore",0 113836,"amuse or entertain them",1 10277,"say it 's on par with the first one",1 52381,"has all but lost",0 151798,"a genuinely honest moment in their movie",1 107001,"It finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers .",0 153919,"are often hackneyed or just plain crude , calculated to provoke shocked laughter , without following up on a deeper level",0 75586,"best actor",1 231199,"given a working over",0 204017,"it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .",0 172167,"stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise",0 171883,"stale material",0 218831,"wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh 's rise up the social ladder .",0 41548,"an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking",1 59224,"to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 212865,"sucks , but",0 229545,"buzz-obsessed",0 34758,"musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare",1 98886,"ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic",0 196634,"debuts by an esteemed writer-actor .",1 139727,"who belongs with the damned for perpetrating Patch Adams",0 49764,"blockbuster",1 61345,"'s very Beavis and Butthead ,",1 152958,"admirable ambition",1 90089,"particularly original",1 195409,"can seem tiresomely simpleminded",0 110731,"Totally",1 145440,"For most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence",0 68249,"Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera",1 32478,"her inexperience",0 107648,"Mattei 's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination .",0 84006,"is an indelible epic American story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives",1 167902,"of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",0 83643,"inventive directors",1 102385,", and motorcycles",1 177171,"uneven narrative momentum",0 192121,"albeit one made by the smartest kids in class",1 95558,"the euphoria",1 37170,"sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film",1 45619,"If you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice . I will be .",1 216696,"throws away",1 106985,"It can be safely recommended as a video\/DVD babysitter .",1 53343,"is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival .",1 33867,"its ugly and diverse forms",0 224221,"It 's not too racy and",1 139217,"warm your heart",1 150983,"Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted",0 8379,"leave the theater",0 94694,"that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle",1 123899,"is among Wiseman 's warmest .",1 24273,"A bold and subversive film",1 218951,"weak on detail",0 30068,"celebrates the human spirit",1 177680,"was poetically romantic and full",1 100847,"works because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh .",1 85471,"itself is far from disappointing , offering an original",1 171086,"silly rather than",0 56439,"reasonably entertaining",1 49976,"ca n't go home again",0 125268,"its heightened , well-shaped dramas",1 103797,"A portrait of alienation so perfect ,",1 31406,"extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion",1 56440,"reasonably entertaining sequel",1 69174,"Terrific performances , great to look at , and funny . A little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr .",1 74439,"are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances",1 228564,"an engaging storyline",1 84197,"is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be",1 164214,"jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness",0 169444,"puffery with a sour cliche",0 40780,"As a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but",1 227534,"`` Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel .",1 173458,"the actor 's whiny jags",0 151536,"a computer-generated cold fish",0 103474,"A classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have ever approached",1 150986,"Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes",0 54458,"mad ,",0 163568,"is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure",0 90158,"penetrating , potent exploration",1 54031,"joy ride",1 67246,"Like a child with an important message to tell",1 83980,"is an absolute delight for all audiences",1 57240,"speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be",1 164216,"jealous female friends",0 65370,"Even though it 's common knowledge that Park and his founding partner , Yong Kang , lost Kozmo in the end , you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .",1 113519,"aggressively silly",0 99132,"unstinting",0 112102,"a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of Spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse",0 53964,"its perfect quiet pace",1 15400,"charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists .",1 110047,"The only surprise is that heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this",0 184700,"I realized that I just did n't care",0 69704,"The moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended .",1 106418,"I approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise .",0 209624,"preachy soap opera",0 24495,"A triumph , relentless and beautiful",1 163524,"is too goofy",0 201340,"hopes Mr . Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .",0 81048,"give credit to Affleck",1 38025,"the best films",1 47425,"Though only 60 minutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions .",1 161945,"in peace",1 5412,"can be a bit repetitive",0 136825,"thick with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",1 160858,"have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original",0 92393,"sexual jealousy , resentment",0 227778,"a bit cold and relatively flavorless",0 121620,"hard to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two",0 66185,"I love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 . Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything .",1 176344,"to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there",1 51003,"downright unfree",0 102438,", but what really sets the film apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons",1 204926,"life-altering",1 166360,"mostly plays it straight , turning Leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder .",0 57569,"tailored an epic tale",1 50583,"crudely literal",0 203135,"is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's , despite a few whopping shootouts .",0 39927,"well plotted , visually striking",1 60864,"'s a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but .",1 162572,"is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .",1 198139,"eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful",0 48134,"a lean , economical movie",1 66183,"I liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive .",1 15139,"are two such likeable actors .",1 167136,"occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong",0 90386,"pleasant in spite of its predictability",1 177717,"watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness",0 157640,"do much stalking",0 180884,", preachy soap opera",0 210370,"remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny . '",0 189660,"Whether Jason X is this bad on purpose is never clear . But one thing 's for sure : It never comes close to being either funny or scary .",0 124195,"is less successful on other levels",0 54204,"lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers .",1 72380,"a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions",1 69548,"The film has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong .",1 18697,"As a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places",1 65020,"Despite a quieter middle section , involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",1 21354,"most striking",1 218852,"watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A",1 84003,"is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears . '",1 33194,"irresistible combination",1 228020,"a more than satisfactory amount of carnage",1 96760,"the stomach-turning violence",0 85273,"its funny , moving yarn",1 228991,"as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking",1 166486,"multifaceted",1 73182,"acute writing and a host of splendid performances",1 502,"as their natural instinct for self-preservation",1 141387,"'s just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .",0 28412,"an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life",1 81280,"gorgeous and",1 144010,"Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly ,",0 178901,"would have more reverence for the material .",0 26507,"Sade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero .",1 84973,"it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience",1 166762,"no atmosphere , no tension",0 177654,"was god awful",0 4528,"almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",0 16549,"may be a good half-hour too long but comes replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness",1 87419,"most entertaining Bonds",1 79359,"everyone , especially movie musical fans",1 196398,"create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 34809,"n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions",0 109885,"The heedless impetuousness of youth is on full , irritating display in ( this ) meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot .",0 47061,"The film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence , but",0 181572,"A clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film",0 160844,"have come away hating the second one",0 113982,"an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice",1 193421,"as boring and",0 50466,"cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get",1 76552,"certain robustness",1 24371,"A literate presentation that wonderfully",1 17152,"see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen",1 218444,"vehicle to showcase the Canadian 's inane ramblings",0 126456,"lovely and beautifully",1 118122,"designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it",0 106819,"It 's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch , it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .",0 18299,"'s one of the saddest films I have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental .",1 193661,"as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs",0 52780,"humor and a heartfelt conviction",1 212872,"suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .",0 186473,"Nothing happens",0 157768,"does n't have his heart in it",0 50204,"classic low-budget film noir movie",1 26769,"The best thing",1 19674,"admirably --",1 114263,"and narrative grace",1 219502,"will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant",0 39139,"to be tender and darkly comic",1 169519,"put the nail in the coffin of any future Rice adaptations",0 127405,"most antsy youngsters",1 74069,"and ultimate collapse",0 444,"are n't",0 23152,"'s on his way",1 176053,"to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it",1 48083,"a great impression",1 63972,"An unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud .",1 143265,"A perplexing example of promise unfulfilled",0 186752,"Potty-mouthed enough for PG-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as South Park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .",0 213878,"that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself",0 63305,"A rare and lightly entertaining look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd .",1 14037,"For a good chunk of its running time , Trapped is an effective and claustrophobic thriller .",1 151754,"a form of bravery . For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal",1 90207,"perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul",1 8508,"listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 196552,"cutting Hollywood satire",1 186887,"Releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and Snow Dogs deserves every single one of them .",0 99505,"vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . '",1 199824,"get excited about on this DVD",1 216371,"this facetious smirk",0 130390,"pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve",1 154422,"at times confusing",0 213320,"terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and",0 94272,"telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug",0 162941,"is in extremely bad taste",0 193895,"awe . What a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea",0 75562,"beloved genres",1 221553,", that 's a bad sign .",0 186993,"Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and",0 203115,"is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his",1 6843,"good-natured and",1 91796,"rotten in the state of California",0 181908,"A preposterous , prurient whodunit",0 62489,"-- it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable .",1 60,"'s surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction",0 22306,"the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries",0 235250,"recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 194950,"brilliant , honest performance",1 16719,"of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though",0 227016,"Well-meant",1 164070,"its less-than-objective stance",0 82253,"his film crackles",1 29046,"are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory .",1 86729,"manages a neat trick",1 41570,"are all spot on ,",1 24366,"A journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance .",1 77870,"deft and subtle",1 113524,"agreed",1 32407,"he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer",1 131179,"redeemed by its stars",1 39181,"to entertain anyway",1 68930,"Spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don ' t know an Orc from a Uruk-Hai .",1 210193,"really bad imitation",0 84956,"it 's wasted yours",0 214605,"the film is essentially juiceless .",0 191324,"a silent , lumpish cipher",0 207752,"of good clean fun",1 204129,"its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .",0 60421,"without in any way demeaning its subjects",1 239084,"you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie",1 79762,"feel sad",0 196073,"complex enough",1 223850,"I suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .",0 121824,"has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear",1 54806,"morality , family , and social expectation",1 214269,"the chaotic horror",0 63416,"A stirring , funny and",1 51434,"explores the conflict between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition .",1 135762,"the most interesting writer\/directors",1 90087,"particularly nightmarish",0 78475,"does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather",1 46745,"Smart ,",1 27499,"a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed",1 73372,"all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate",1 181594,"A dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment .",0 137393,"to be ( Tsai 's ) masterpiece",1 34201,"look into having him committed",0 227473,"`` Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 221489,", overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other",0 67823,"Nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit .",1 203905,"it goes awry in the final 30 minutes",0 154114,"as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water",0 146480,"It 's dumb ,",0 104520,"As the dominant Christine , Sylvie Testud is icily brilliant .",1 141413,"'s low-cal Woody at best",1 112452,"a painful ride",0 158092,"earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you almost forget the sheer",1 212162,"some sort of beacon of hope",1 53963,"its patchy construction",0 31413,"extraordinary Swedish film",1 188764,"The whole mess",0 126514,"made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0 33295,"is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters .",1 109584,"The banter between Calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise McLaughlin Group ... and never fails to entertain .",1 198734,"feels like a glossy rehash .",0 8486,"like the world of his film , hartley",1 71918,"a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ... and Parmentier",1 53340,"is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story",1 32362,"have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life",0 123769,"is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",1 81848,"have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart",1 212360,"spiteful idiots",0 33014,"incendiary genius",1 119391,"every cheesy scene",0 107029,"It leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject .",0 80890,"generous , inspiring",1 222249,"Almodóvar style",1 15220,"beautiful film",1 22567,"to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next",1 130950,"quite worth",1 48036,"a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight",1 152402,"a second assassin shot Kennedy ? Moot point .",0 85289,"its intended audience -- children --",1 67645,"Most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments : '' Frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home .",1 25837,"Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",1 72462,"a solid , well-formed satire .",1 157399,"did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us",0 222119,"A weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media",1 47603,"What the film lacks in general focus it makes up for in compassion , as Corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action .",1 41527,"all , especially",1 113080,"a younger lad in Zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy",0 44065,"A fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you",1 20012,"as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances",1 69715,"The most compelling performance of the year",1 221323,", easily substitutable",0 185205,"It 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy : Diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly",1 87040,"mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete",1 83988,"is an encouraging debut feature but",1 112570,"a raise",1 121049,"get into the history books before he croaks",0 190681,"a great Saturday Night Live sketch",1 188585,"The problematic characters",0 177486,"viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap .",0 188430,"The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and",0 16214,"is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness",1 6289,"even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints",1 148631,"Skip this dreck ,",0 189529,"Went 8 Movies Ago",0 205023,"like a glossy rehash",1 173709,"the daring , much less talent , many fewer",0 84146,"is due primarily to the perkiness of Witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )",1 9803,"powerful and revelatory",1 117835,"damned compelling",1 120267,"flopping",0 46915,"The Hours is one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",1 167008,"not-great",0 93797,"such fury",1 219557,"will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic",0 153959,"are the big problems here",0 61232,"'s refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original",1 24405,"A pleasant enough comedy that should have found a summer place .",1 103821,"A rather average action film",0 124626,"is that it does have a few cute moments",1 114987,"as much as it is for Angelique , the ( opening ) dance guarantees Karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .",1 144740,"Dead Man",0 94554,"that are as valid today",1 117908,"deadly bore",0 154619,"based on a Nicholas Sparks best seller",1 136176,"the runaway success",1 99622,"was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy",1 48684,"admirable look",1 63347,"A sensitive , cultivated treatment of Greene 's work as well as a remarkably faithful one .",1 233060,"it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .",0 80088,"flawed , crazy people",0 14565,"Treasure",1 149732,"The plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain .",0 44853,"Candid and comfortable : a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work .",1 178702,"with zombies",1 226648,"This is a more fascinating look at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .",1 235083,"propaganda , a work of unabashed hero worship",0 18259,"'ll definitely want the T-shirt",1 234961,"play well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution",1 15923,"greater",1 150196,"This goofy gangster yarn",1 128567,"of breathtaking mystery",1 155500,"bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place",0 168507,"overall flaw",0 152638,"a truly , truly bad movie",0 34142,"literate presentation",1 215720,"the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art",0 197650,"each other also is difficult to fathom",0 44538,"An unforgettable look at morality , family , and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage .",1 154658,"be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report",0 17266,"some of their best work in their underwritten roles",1 164700,"leaves viewers feeling compromised",0 206042,"memories and one fantastic visual trope",1 72778,"a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock",1 160219,"going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about",0 121056,"get the same love story and",1 179735,"'s exactly what you 'd expect .",0 63375,"A slight but sweet film .",1 114434,"any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one",0 124561,"is somehow making its way instead to theaters . It 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter .",0 105185,"Confuses its message with an ultimate desire",0 6655,"fraught",0 134881,"the barn-burningly bad movie",0 147253,"Louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode ,",0 84862,"it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message",1 151596,"a deficit",0 94918,"that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",1 36300,"quite a rarity , even in the family film market .",1 158303,"enough charm and good acting to make it interesting",1 232562,"is mostly admirable .",1 69789,"The one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded",1 103145,". It 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries . There 's a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls ...",1 150508,"Trivial",0 227831,"a compelling journey ... and `` His Best Friend Remembers",1 141577,"'s slow and unwieldy and",0 191555,"a total rehash",0 218646,"wannabe-hip",0 79508,"extends to his supple understanding of the role that Brown played in American culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability",1 40103,"will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 203094,"is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 68738,"She may not be real",0 178959,"wretchedness",0 166454,"much livelier",1 66295,"If you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular",1 194946,"briefly",1 158121,"editing ruins a potentially terrific flick",0 166423,"much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun",1 63595,"A worthwhile documentary",1 137509,"to courage and happiness",1 223074,"Death to Smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end .",1 166145,"more boring or embarrassing",0 119260,"erotically frank",1 92862,"small , personal film",1 122476,"hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all -",0 50960,"does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve .",0 153632,"another bad movie",0 190951,"a minimal number",0 78163,"directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made",1 27268,"Workmanlike , maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies .",1 59000,"this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men",1 44208,"A positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a Shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera .",1 54826,"more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes",0 22374,"the usual maudlin",0 105718,"Everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable .",0 197081,"disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it",0 78719,"earns extra points",1 63431,"A strong script , powerful direction and",1 156097,"cause you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",0 34944,"nonstop romance , music , suspense and action",1 202991,"is impenetrable and dull",0 21508,"of elegant symmetry",1 61723,", a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us . If horses could fly , this is surely what they 'd look like .",1 199734,"game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters",0 65276,"Eisenstein delivers .",1 141625,"'s still a mistake to go see it",0 86621,"makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .",1 219264,"which is worth seeing",1 113265,"accomplished work",1 193763,"at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying",0 25165,"Dragon",1 28723,"and now it is time for their first public recital .",1 237489,"thinking man",1 143341,"A simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film",0 41853,"enough science to make it count as educational ,",1 41697,"catch some",1 97212,"there is and",1 211295,"set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us",0 1047,"funniest",1 156146,"character development a non-starter",0 148399,"Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 144018,"Bad and",0 180680,", if good-hearted , movie .",1 143956,"At times , the suspense is palpable",1 220097,"would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from Anne Rice 's novel The Vampire Chronicles",1 141545,"'s push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny",0 170829,"shameless sham",0 48417,"a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth",1 162436,"into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller",0 93878,"super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction",0 73608,"amusing characters",1 158193,"emphasizes style over character and substance",0 112523,"a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl",1 132121,"serenity and discipline",1 95499,"the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 230025,"crawl up your own \*\*\*",0 34486,"might resent it sometimes",0 120073,"filmmakers copy the '' Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right",0 81102,"gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with Washington",1 149321,"The editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious ,",0 7863,"it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor",0 105048,"Charlotte Sometimes is a gem . It 's always enthralling .",1 33468,"is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be",1 80919,"genuine insight into the urban heart",1 110602,"Though its story is only surface deep",1 156028,"capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly",1 147773,"Not an objectionable or dull film :",1 77534,"creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of Nijinsky 's diaries .",1 236964,"the gorgeous piano and",1 17252,"solid , if somewhat heavy-handed ,",1 107007,"It hates its characters .",0 15288,"bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes",1 112259,"a lousy script ,",0 238268,"uplifter .",1 152411,"a series of pretentiously awful student films",0 154515,"awkward interplay and utter lack",0 27746,"a predictably heartwarming tale",1 17240,"so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one",1 49675,"best and most mature",1 76409,"capture the minds and hearts of many",1 170724,"sent to and buried on Pluto",1 3660,"a cockamamie tone",0 166546,"naive",0 176132,"to frighten",0 115711,"becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair .",0 118728,"drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama",0 5694,"confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk",1 22482,"to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 75365,"beautiful than either of those films",1 64523,"Brown Sugar signals director Rick Famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema .",1 136230,"the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .",1 159367,"for a real winner , creativity at its peak",1 208441,"on great scares and a good surprise ending",1 23089,"'s an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal .",1 35280,"of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know",1 83355,"inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo",0 60318,"with a real anarchic flair",1 37615,"tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid",1 46126,"McDowell ? Cool",1 137719,"to make even Jean-Claude Van Damme look good",1 29748,"brilliant documentary",1 228965,"as lukewarm",0 226528,"The unexplored story opportunities of `` Punch-Drunk Love '' may have worked against the maker 's minimalist intent but it is an interesting exercise by talented writer\/director Anderson .",1 75990,"broken character study",0 235903,"some lovely comedic moments and",1 73929,"an otherwise delightful comedy of errors",1 146044,"I do n't mind having my heartstrings pulled , but do n't treat me like a fool .",0 144746,"Deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness .",0 215402,"the pratfalls but little else",0 54208,"less successful",0 10666,"spends too much time wallowing in bibi 's generic angst",0 4085,"a romantic",1 38956,"this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece .",1 203850,"it can do even more damage",0 136168,"the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store ''",0 15103,"and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times",1 20023,"asset",1 36436,"refreshingly serious look",1 140138,"with every mournful composition",0 83151,"in the tradition",1 20182,"but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave",1 199927,"give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter )",0 2524,"the action and",1 188567,"The pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie . And Diesel is n't the actor to save it .",0 24735,"Aside from being the funniest movie of the year",1 62988,"A fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries",1 58313,"the film lacks in general focus",0 440,"are instantly recognizable",1 142089,", astringent , darkly funny",1 158722,"face and spit",0 88023,"not so",0 221234,", `` Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 143818,"Another big , dumb action movie",0 7686,"is an amicable endeavor",1 7826,"is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant",0 26616,"Sometimes , nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . And in this regard , On Guard delivers .",1 228818,"are moments in this account of the life of artist Frida Kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year",1 219462,"wildly overproduced",0 173051,"that is n't really good enough to be on afternoon TV",0 181697,"A film without surprise",0 191343,"a slap-happy series",1 40929,"Greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and",1 206089,"mid-to-low budget",0 202256,"inquisitive enough",1 20148,"brutal , committed performances",1 30149,"child-centered , claustrophobic context",0 132649,"small ...",0 85711,"knows its classical music ,",1 227738,"a \*\* holes",0 181327,"... no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch .",0 53228,"involvingly adult surprises",1 121753,"has failed him",0 197829,"empty sub-music video style",0 164802,"lets the audience completely",1 213625,"that fails to make adequate",0 197751,"elusive , lovely place",1 12821,"walked away",0 87970,"nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length",0 29197,"as if it was made without much thought",0 21477,"of Fear",0 122576,"however canned --",0 223908,"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",1 5909,"derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded",0 142274,", it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .",0 103566,"A few pieces of the film buzz and whir : very little of it actually clicks .",0 96523,"the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday",1 102659,", it is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films .",0 35235,"of faith",1 44247,"A simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past .",1 229019,"aspires to be more than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 102976,", transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision",1 60471,"works superbly",1 210808,"savvy street activism",1 20128,"bold and lyrical first feature",1 198409,"extremely flat",0 97544,"this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years",1 36026,"play off each other",1 27539,"a frighteningly capable debut",1 147023,"Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",0 203155,"is n't a very involving one",0 219599,"winking social commentary",1 204454,"just for sitting through it",0 196198,"contrived plotting , stereotyped characters",0 52133,"give a taste of the Burning Man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity",1 98942,"undeniably hard",0 223752,"I am baffled by Jason X.",0 148459,"Scotland , PA . blurs the line between black comedy and black hole .",0 21536,"of paranoia and insecurity",0 187721,"Terminally bland",0 198410,"extremely flat lead performance",0 113563,"all Hollywood fantasies",0 212375,"split up so that it can do even more damage",0 186668,"Perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .",0 100091,"who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",1 203050,"is lacking any real emotional impact",0 177067,"ultra-low-budget",0 19192,"Presents an astute appraisal of Middle American musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it .",1 29558,"best in more than a decade",1 237304,"the unique way Shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl",1 86811,"marks an encouraging new direction for La Salle",1 191108,"a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology",1 206184,"mind-numbing indifference",0 25432,"Good movie . Good actress .",1 176338,"to really care",1 4158,"a strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design",1 100881,"worldly-wise and very funny",1 9571,"overwrought",0 232680,"is one of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny",1 185296,"It is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound .",0 150479,"Too stagey ,",0 144355,"Calling this movie brainless would be paying it a compliment",0 121248,"goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and",1 140225,"with something cool",1 140754,"you forget you 've been to the movies .",1 36757,"seeming slow and pretentious , because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise",0 237188,"the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen",1 120940,"garnish . Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 92924,"so appealing on third or fourth viewing",1 6129,"eccentrics",0 218251,"unrewarding collar",0 147453,"Miller 's hand often feels unsure .",0 107443,"Like The Rugrats movies , The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series",0 77711,"dare to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life .",1 90288,"picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch",1 207035,"no explanation or even",0 34931,"noble characters",1 123088,"in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is",0 185222,"It 's sweet ...",1 222986,"Compellingly",1 13427,"'re a connoisseur of psychological horror",1 33082,"inspired",1 192359,"amateurish screenplay",0 103957,"A touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de force performance by Michel Piccoli .",1 229637,"campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s",1 111823,"a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence",0 84783,"is tuned in to its community",1 102217,", 91-minute trailer",0 69206,"That ` Alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and",1 138776,"unsuccessful",0 202345,"interesting developments",1 91360,"refreshingly clear",1 126698,"makes social commentary more palatable .",1 195431,"capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie",0 229114,"balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner",1 51135,"embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma",1 34553,"moral emptiness",0 221163,", I have given this movie a rating of zero .",0 61907,", for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life",1 118884,"eat the whole thing up",1 180934,", spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",0 6340,"exploitation",0 6982,"has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .",0 4055,"a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by al pacino",1 68712,"Serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context",1 6176,"embraced",1 39582,"uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue",1 92693,"since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously",1 37591,"takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality .",1 91147,"razor-sided tuning",1 8070,"its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up",1 8985,"nap for an hour and not miss a thing",0 154666,"be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum ,",0 190104,"a Seven rip-off",0 5021,"be a mess in a lot of ways",0 89137,"of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 210303,"refuses to let Slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy .",1 14088,"However",0 133291,"stifles creativity",0 136760,"there is nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film",0 99639,"was so endlessly",0 232559,"is more worshipful than your random E",1 203063,"is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .",0 99185,"upscale",1 85735,"laden with plenty of baggage",0 183828,"Fabulous",1 203927,"it is cruel",0 213690,"that it 's a brazenly misguided project",0 119169,"enough to watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins",1 40987,"It 's an old story , but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh",1 24680,"Andrew 's Turnabout Is Fair Play is every bit as awful as Borchardt 's Coven",0 165121,"little wit , interest",0 69502,"The evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear .",1 49083,"any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen",0 211770,"sleep-inducing thriller",0 200,"a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery ,",1 118947,"elegantly balanced movie",1 183339,"Demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake",1 92138,"seem genuine rather than pandering",1 29246,"as well as thought-provoking",1 205152,"limpid and",0 10070,"reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich",1 179453,"'re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 222255,"Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in ... `` My Big Fat Greek Wedding '' comes from the heart",1 53529,"is most transporting when it stays put in the past",1 166,"a fine",1 230417,"dreary indulgence .",0 43492,", Stuart Little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .",1 15757,"feel-good formula",1 101855,"'s pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish .",0 13058,"who die hideously",0 179953,"'s rare",1 150411,"Tom Green just gives them a bad odor .",0 119873,"feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life",0 9473,"once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film",1 114109,"an obvious rapport with her actors and",1 46272,"Much of this slick and sprightly CGI feature",1 21239,"little patience for Euro-film pretension",0 44204,"A poignant and compelling story about relationships , Food of Love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart .",1 217605,"too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots",0 164692,"leaves no Southern stereotype unturned",0 2176,"rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",1 157147,"dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios",0 99605,"was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man",1 212098,"some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing",1 140700,"you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards",0 163114,"is n't worth sitting through",0 158709,"exude any charm or personality",0 163904,"it seems to be on auto-pilot",0 57189,"some solid performances and",1 180767,", its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .",0 173496,"the audience than Jar Jar Binks , Scrappy Doo and Scooby Dumb",0 181037,", there 's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose .",0 62162,", provocative drama",1 177842,"weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and",0 47011,"The entire cast is extraordinarily good .",1 179840,"'s mildly sentimental",1 151330,"a bad , embarrassing movie",0 20050,"award-worthy",1 223692,"Horrible",0 140320,"without reeking of research library dust",1 162059,"in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs",0 229076,"attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition",0 105372,"Demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces .",1 124473,"is repellantly out of control .",0 130090,"peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .",1 1705,"masterful performances",1 27041,"Thrilling , provocative and darkly funny",1 108853,"Serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey",1 136970,"this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout ,",1 117130,"coffee",1 121613,"hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild",0 7595,"interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic",0 202935,"is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm .",0 199400,"forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about",0 117463,"consumed and forgotten",0 89304,"often watchable , though goofy and lurid ,",1 15163,"as well as some very welcome wit",1 165170,"long bore .",0 85770,"last year 's lame Musketeer",0 179802,"'s just grating",0 234027,"my great pleasure",1 101210,"you-are-there immediacy",1 149611,"The movie is virtually without context",0 226587,"There are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting",1 141493,"'s not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie .",0 193928,"bad , bad movie",0 13528,", and intense",1 24403,"A pleasant enough comedy",1 146577,"It 's not without its pleasures",1 178662,"with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum",0 15935,"gut-wrenching",1 131654,"rot and hack",0 158914,"feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment",0 58984,"this delightful comedy",1 87415,"most elusive",1 5231,"borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion",0 100500,"with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace",1 217807,"trifling",0 140975,"'ll be laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 190807,"a lasting impression",1 37451,"such diverse cultures",1 207692,"of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged",0 62124,", often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness",1 40169,"with a master 's steady stroke",1 162808,"is better than most of the writing in the movie",0 130072,"pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .",1 116851,"characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time",1 49746,"blab",0 117081,"cliches and pabulum",0 138968,"very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and",1 45575,"I have been waiting my whole life for this movie",1 188058,"The dark and bittersweet twist feels strange as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film . First-timer John McKay is never able to pull it back on course .",0 100076,"who could too easily become comic relief in any other film --",1 104899,"Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .",1 78272,"disinterest",0 58992,"this film that may not always work",0 99046,"unique and quirky",1 53573,"is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists",1 99349,"very good film",1 93086,"some genuine quirkiness",1 188748,"The trashy teen-sleaze equivalent",0 206249,"missing from this material",0 105010,"Carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated",0 34999,"not stereotyped --",1 206640,"movies like Ghost Ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . Right now",0 43987,"A captivatingly quirky hybrid",1 33636,"it demands repeated viewings .",1 232211,"is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \/ 11 , an antique , in the end .",0 163666,"it 's movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam .",0 164896,"like a coming-of-age romance",1 87869,"nice , light treat",1 133839,"takes a hat-in-hand approach",1 235910,"some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure",0 43594,", heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not .",1 84724,"is the cast , particularly the Ya-Yas themselves",1 109149,"Stale first act , Scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes .",0 15427,"classy",1 73257,"advantage",1 66533,"It 's an interesting effort ( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts ) , and Barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile .",1 101035,"yields surprises",1 88889,"of small town regret , love , duty and friendship",1 64269,"Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .",1 102899,", the movie is remarkably dull with only Caine making much of an impression .",0 70394,"Time Out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film .",1 108416,"Plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .",0 172532,"taking its message seriously",1 119399,"every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do --",1 195227,"by the shadowy lighting",1 182780,"Beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce ... lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .",0 169150,"praised",1 11305,"the dream world of teen life",1 189218,"Tom Shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing Adams , but he still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it",0 59222,"to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 212513,"starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points .",0 218589,"visually unappealing",0 197769,"emerges as a numbingly dull experience .",0 182856,"Boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory",0 193576,"as stiff , ponderous and charmless",0 59946,"was funny",1 10110,"reno 's immense wit and insight",1 126216,"little doubt",1 96821,"the sweet Cinderella story",1 163427,"is that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory .",0 225381,"Pacino and Williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .",1 18869,"Fierce Grace",1 228570,"an enthusiastic charm in Fire that makes the formula fresh again",1 84198,"is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .",1 109763,"The film 's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth .",1 24088,". A rewarding work of art",1 89590,"one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies",1 156581,"comic potential",1 78881,"emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective",1 111332,"You 've already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles , but it 's worth yet another visit .",1 124754,"is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed .",0 151927,"a lack of humor",0 152391,"a screenwriter 's",1 172230,"successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters . And forget about any attempt at a plot !",0 184326,"Has all the values of a straight-to-video movie",0 24279,"A breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale of two men",1 238136,"try and evade",0 207214,"not to grow up to be greedy",1 123421,"insightful writer\/director",1 65072,"Directed with purpose and finesse by England 's Roger Mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing",1 224132,"It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic .",1 40464,"you want to see again",1 9135,"not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight ,",0 210948,"script error",0 49222,"arresting little ride",1 47107,"The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry",1 164792,"let down by a story that is all too predictable",0 68463,"Robert Harmon 's less-is-more approach",1 190262,"a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 118652,"downhill",0 111874,"a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic",1 70157,"These three films form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people .",1 52149,"gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things .",1 134819,"the annoyance",0 130584,"pretends to be passionate and truthful",0 77379,"coos beseechingly at you",1 187618,"Such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise",0 215200,"the next , hastily , emptily",0 188557,"The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise ,",1 17788,"to be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan",1 18195,", I think it 's in projects like the ( unfortunately R-rated ) Paid .",0 63424,"A strong first act",1 133536,"succeeded in",1 33417,"is much more terrifying than what you do",0 21997,"so accessible",1 222434,"As a remake , it 's a pale imitation .",0 193305,"arty and",1 34541,"monkeyfun",1 179009,"wrote itself as a newly automated Final Draft computer program",0 138794,"unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror",1 188914,"They cheapen the overall effect .",0 158,"a dreary indulgence .",0 122036,"he falls about ten feet onto his head",0 222964,"Clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes .",0 40516,"your spine tingle",1 42264,"keeps you",1 161323,"his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness",1 234629,"offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .",1 23559,", comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir",1 208404,"on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 202191,"induces a kind of abstract guilt ,",0 177472,"victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie",0 106584,"If it 's not entirely memorable",0 162128,"increasingly threadbare",0 71946,"a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character",1 73937,"an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism",1 210714,"saccharine as",0 64752,"Collateral Damage is trash",0 103036,", writer-director Michael Kalesniko 's How to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable .",0 152727,"about a boring , sad man being boring and sad",0 158837,"fantastic sets , extras , costumes and",1 205793,"manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief",1 219678,"with a stuttering script",0 134290,"that director Sara Sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time",0 153026,"airhead movie about a wife in distress who resorts to desperate measures .",0 29461,"because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor",1 132945,"something else altogether -- clownish and",1 111814,"a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office",1 75373,"beautifully read",1 41903,"familial jealousy and",0 148818,"Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",1 148383,"Sandler , who also executive produces , has made a film that makes previous vehicles look smart and sassy .",0 181343,"... the efforts of its star , Kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught .",0 152351,"a rejected TV show",0 226194,"The appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet",0 197206,"do n't go out of your way to pay full price",0 15708,"exciting on the field and a story",1 110338,"There 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references",1 62560,"... a solid , well-formed satire .",1 147021,"Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And",0 89617,"one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 57328,"stays within the confines of a well-established genre .",1 62479,"-- being real --",1 113253,"academic",1 174590,"the proceedings a little bit too conventional",0 53625,"is small change .",0 4205,"a thoughtful , emotional",1 127510,"mostly boring affair",0 126930,"me as unusually and unimpressively fussy",0 127480,"most opaque , self-indulgent and",0 185338,"It shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure , but laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between",0 17422,"that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way",1 154565,"bad slasher",0 32716,"idealism",1 8909,"ms . seigner and mr . serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .",1 67449,"Marvelously",1 69285,"The Emperor 's Club any time",1 39312,"to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",1 224865,"Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode",1 223711,"Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale ,",1 188715,"The story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched .",0 218000,"two fine actors , Morgan Freeman",1 226116,"The Hours is what movies are supposed to be ...",1 228448,"all the verbal marks it should",1 215379,"the point of real interest - --",1 137063,"this terrific film",1 232531,"is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . ''",0 132297,"shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable",1 38984,"this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale",1 58638,"the refuse of adults",0 31659,"fine performances , led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife",1 233949,"more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution . ''",1 45150,"Entertains by providing good , lively company",1 81118,"gives this aging series a much needed kick",1 186330,"Nice piece of work",1 80284,"for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse",1 237907,"to probe questions of attraction and interdependence",1 224893,"Mr. Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way",1 204137,"its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care",0 204363,"its writer-director 's heart is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable .",1 227736,"a Wonderful Life marathons and bored",0 194542,"best-selling",1 186317,"Never inspires more than an interested detachment .",0 129554,"one of the greatest date movies in years",1 167396,"of characters worthy of its strong cast",1 9769,"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary",1 198730,"feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off .",0 21176,"just too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight",0 32455,"heaving passion",1 204808,"leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout",0 117171,"combines the enigmatic features of ` Memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of ` Requiem for a Dream .",1 185147,"It 's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay .",0 17748,"this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 108290,"Parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material ,",1 171496,"so trite",0 50096,"celluloid heaven",1 68055,"Overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : God is love",1 223888,"Idiotic and",0 167489,"of great monster\/science fiction flicks",1 107545,"Lovely and Amazing is Holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , I trust",1 106063,"Great American Comedy",1 161546,"ice cube",0 68838,"Smart and alert",1 177995,"what the movies are about",1 62589,"... is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? You bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .",1 232759,"is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age",0 234736,"one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",1 62428,", with really solid performances by Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes .",1 131348,"renowned filmmaker",1 181224,"-- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino --",0 95816,"the gifted Pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically",1 106605,"If the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish .",0 202118,"in your face for two hours",0 222790,"But not without cheesy fun factor .",1 174014,"the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was",0 111103,"While Van Wilder may not be the worst National Lampoon film",0 9430,"offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable",1 69495,"The entire cast is first-rate , especially Sorvino .",1 58282,"the fantastic",1 102809,", sadism and seeing people",1 189876,"Writer-director Walter Hill and co-writer David Giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags .",0 182552,"Are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue",0 43287,"'s no reason to miss Interview with the Assassin",1 214478,"the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past ,",1 85456,"its utter sincerity",1 93991,"suspenseful enough for older kids but not",1 52440,"has the showmanship of Clones ' last 45 minutes",1 218377,"usually genuinely worthwhile",1 81299,"got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out",1 87898,"no good",0 90453,"polished and vastly entertaining caper",1 221414,", it 's perfect .",1 190630,"a funny moment or",1 96712,"the sleekness of the film 's present",1 85355,"its poignancy hooks us completely",1 34536,"moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",1 223359,"Fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget",1 120004,"few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending",0 187470,"Sorority Boys , which is as bad at it is cruel ,",0 25533,"Hermitage Museum",1 86063,"like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . You do n't want to call the cops .",1 87628,"multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation",1 73968,"an unruly adolescent boy",1 181836,"A modestly comic , modestly action-oriented World War II adventure that ,",1 67666,"Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",1 53325,"is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work .",1 179554,"'s a movie that ends with Truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud . If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will .",0 205787,"manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .",0 105373,"Dense and thoughtful and brimming",1 194952,"brilliant crime dramas",1 179392,"'ll probably run out screaming .",0 120228,"flat run",0 86736,"manages not only",1 212422,"squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula",0 30952,"drawn with a master 's steady stroke .",1 211838,"small and easily overshadowed by its predictability",0 98587,"touching melodrama",1 47248,"The socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides",1 3260,"'' 13 conversations '' holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .",0 227950,"a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for",1 4632,"an emotion closer to pity",0 7726,"is interesting",1 174616,"the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride",1 146238,"If you believe any of this , I can make you a real deal on leftover Enron stock that will double in value a week from Friday .",0 75763,"blubber",0 7635,"irritating",0 211449,"short of profound characterizations",1 197069,"discover that the answer is as conventional as can be",0 158814,"falters , however , in its adherence to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid .",0 156489,"collectible . What parents will suspect is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial",0 180581,", clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies . Enigma lacks it .",0 56142,"practices",1 148943,"Super Troopers is above Academy standards",1 33567,"it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",1 226397,"The origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books",1 42939,"unconcerned with plausibility , yet",0 160197,"goes further",1 132455,"sick and evil woman",0 45907,"Jones ... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1 . 8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart",1 236431,"that epic quality",1 203006,"is in trouble",0 127993,"no fantasy story",1 124849,"it 's not all new",0 140873,"yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State",1 115477,"be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 172245,"such noble and lofty ambitions",1 8920,"much interest in the elizabethans (",1 127481,"most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain",0 171972,"sticker platitudes",0 184933,"Independence , complete with loads of CGI and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood",0 209667,"premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .",0 200196,"gratingly unfunny",0 156231,"chemistry or lack thereof",0 69754,"The movie is well crafted , and well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but",1 177500,"violates the letter of Behan 's book , but missing",0 7584,"intended to make it shine",1 157699,"do you",1 131109,"really good premise",1 226441,"The premise of `` Abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess",0 234049,"naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks",0 148867,"Stevens is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .",0 48310,"a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking",1 127892,"never manages to generate a single threat of suspense",0 75145,"balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other .",1 15659,"entertain",1 135528,"the humanity of its people",1 69623,"The genius",1 31520,"fast-moving and remarkable film",1 113658,"all the mounting tension of an expert thriller",1 133787,"tackled a meaty subject",1 72154,"a potent chemistry",1 72617,"a suspenseful spin",1 200977,"heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .",1 222259,"Almost peerlessly unsettling .",0 64978,"Definitely worth",1 222761,"But it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .",1 33302,"is amazing on a technical level",1 191554,"a total misfire",0 231663,"heart-pounding",1 53206,"intriguing , bizarre",1 81884,"have infused Frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own",1 149246,"The bottom line , at least in my opinion , is Imposter makes a better short story than it does a film .",0 187172,"Seagal , who looks more like Danny Aiello these days",1 4086,"a romantic comedy",1 85060,"it is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia",1 73217,"adds substantial depth",1 35845,"outstanding",1 236037,"stay away .",0 157571,"disintegration",0 237539,"this like the dreaded King Brown snake",0 176601,"too complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious",0 71544,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . It 's far from a frothy piece ,",1 65360,"Even if Invincible is not quite the career peak that The Pianist is for Roman Polanski , it demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .",1 31138,"enough to be diverting",1 58435,"the kind of movie we were hoping '' Ecks vs . Sever '' or '' xXx '' was going to be",1 103022,", winning , if languidly paced ,",1 27648,"a lovely film",1 116575,"can comfortably hold",1 182086,"A waterlogged version of ` Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set",0 141390,"'s just no currency in deriding James Bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club",0